A former Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, has called on his successor, Ken Ofori-Atta, to address the nation through Parliament with a realistic and sober policy statement on how the government intends to tackle the challenges facing the economy. Terkper said the statement must also give Ghanaians the true state of the economy as a way of managing expectations and preparing the citizens for the tough decisions ahead. It must also be firm and corrective in nature but centred on the government’s willingness to live within its means at a time when revenues were underperforming and the country was denied access to external borrowing, the chartered accountant and public financial management expert added. Terkper told the paper on August 6 ahead of the Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting on Wednesday that recent developments showed that the international community and the citizens needed a clear blueprint on the direction of the economy. I am saying that someone should gi...