President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana like any other country was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic – hence, the ailing economy in recent times.
He admitted there are challenges but said his government is working around the clock to revamp the economy.
The President, however, stated that the current economic hardship being experienced by Ghanaians is not a special case, because, on an international scale, several economies including Nigeria and Great Britain are also in dire straits.
“The world is going through very difficult times. Ghana is no exception, Nigeria is no exception.” He told BBC’s Peter Okowche in an interview.
“There is no country in the world that has escaped the ravages of COVID-19. What you need to look at is the elements being put on the ground that looks beyond the Russia-Ukraine war.”
“[the economy] has gone through very difficult times. I can quote statistics of the US and UK economies but they will not serve a purpose. It is a phenomenon that is going on which has made life difficult." He added
He is very optimistic that Ghana will emerge from this phase of economic strife stronger and better.
“In Ghana, the recovery programme we have is very credible and that is what is going to give us the opportunity to come out of this period a stronger economy, and it is that future we are looking at,” Akufo-Addo stressed.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/peacefmonline.com/ghana
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If the Ghanaians indiscriminately kept their own council and reflected to find out how their dear country, Ghana would have fared if the NDC's administration were in power to manage the affairs of the country amid the pandemic and, of late the Ukraine-war. It is instructive and worth noting that, without those crises and war, the NDC-administration sent Ghana to the IMF for a financial bail-out. Hence, those dishonest political opponents trying hard to use the present global hardship as a propaganda tool to discredit the hard-working Akufo-Addo-administration are doing so only for their own parochial political interest and not that of Ghana. I know the people of Ghana certainly can read between the lines to know which political order has their well-being at heart.
The interviewer was not on top of issues. It is not factual that ghana currency is the worse performing in the world apart from Russian ruble. In fact Nana was very polite to him. UK where he is their economy is shambles. They have increased gas and electricity by fifty % so what as he talking about?