ABSTRACT
The reversion to civilian rule in September 1979 marked a transfer of power from alienated, populist elements to duly elected leaders representing the political establishment of the country. This gave the new rulers an opportunity to try to recreate a system which their AFRC predecessors had rejected. The most pressing, ubiquitous, demanding, and intractable task facing the PNP leadership during its short tenure related to managing the economic morass inherited from its military predecessors. The persistent failure of the state apparatus to coalesce under the aegis of Dr. Hilla Limann and the regime’s inability to control either production or exchange, provoked immediate responses from various segments of the Ghanaian public. The short experience of the Limann government can hardly be described as edifying. The PNP, under extreme external pressure, sought to pursue a declared policy of eliminating some of the underlying reasons for Ghana’s deterioration during the 1970s. Its efforts in this direction produced minimal results.
