Ghana’s economy is in far poorer shape than the New Patriotic Party had anticipated, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said.
“We have inherited an economy in poor shape and I suspect from what I’m hearing, the evidence that is coming to me that it is in even poorer shape than we anticipated,” Mr Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday, 24 January, at the Flagstaff House as he named his 10 regional ministers-designate.
The president nonetheless said: “But I’m a firm believer in the statement that when times are tough, the tough get going.
“This is the time that we have to show leadership and commitment to our nation. I continue to be an unrepentant optimist,” he said, adding: “We are a special people and we have a special destiny and I’m going to do everything within my bones to make sure that that destiny is realised in the years ahead of us.”
Mr Akufo-Addo’s comment about the shape of the economy comes weeks after his deputy, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, said the Mahama administration left the NPP a “very difficult” economy.
Speaking at a durbar of Zongo chiefs and imams at Fadama in Accra organised by the Chief Imam to mark the birthday of Holy Prophet Mohammed on January 15, Dr Bawumia said despite the bad economy the New Patriotic Party has inherited, the Akufo-Addo-led government would deliver on all its promises.
“…We said that when by the grace of Allah we get into government, we will undertake a number of policies and by the grace of God we have gotten into government, we have looked at the economic situation, it is not an easy one, it is a very difficult one but by the grace of Allah we intend to keep all the promises that we made to the people of Ghana.
“You have already seen that we mean business; we are going to deal with the economic challenges. After all, that is what we were elected to do,” Dr Bawumia said.
As part of those promises, Dr Bawumia said the government will established the Zongo Development Fund in the first quarter of the year. “We will establish the Zongo Development Fund in our very first budget in March of this year. It is very important for people of the zongos and Muslims at large who live in the zongos. … We will establish it and work in consultation with our chiefs, our imams, our opinion leaders to make sure the fund is delivers on the needs of the people of the zongos.”
Source: Classfmonline
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politicians just don't learn. prez mahama did same and he was booted out and nana addo too ure here doing same ? pls don't complain to us , fix it oooo tom. that's why u were voted into office but not to be complaining to us. since wen did u become an optimist ? don't use that as an excuse to falter in ur promises to us
Well Well ; Well !!!!!!!THERE WE GO AGAIN ; PROPAGANDA : PROPAGANDA !!!!!by the NPP because we told you and predicted before the last election that there was the likely hood that the NPP under Nana Addo telling Ghanaians that the economy will be left in a poor state by Jon Mahama and his NDC master kriminal GANG; you may wish call them the Jon Mahama and the 40 NDC thives but as we all believe in fairness and evidence based initiatives from no less a person like Nana Addo perhaps WE AS THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR NANA ADDO will seek that he provides us with some evidence per this 'STATE OF POORER ECONOMY 'becaise I am inclined to refer to the recent episode in the Gambia in which YaYa Jammeh we are told lutted the state coffers with this colossal amount of $11 million dollars ; to me rather mind BLOGGING but then when Atta Mills took over from Kuffour ; he said the same thing that the economy was in a bad state ; we did not hear such comments when Jon Mahama took over but rather he used the opportunity to borrow and borrow and lutt Ghana PASAAAAAA!!!!!; on top of that the bastard of a son wanted Ghanaians to give him a house an a number of cars ; WHAT FRAUD !!!!!!! ; today Nana Addo says the same thing ; I would wish if Nana Addo will publish the facts as it stands in terms of evidential value ; so that when Nana Addo exists we can make some logical comparison because WE Ghanaians are fed with these propaganda economic banditry in which we are told the economy have been WRECKED BY THe PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT IN THIS CASE THE NDC !!!!!!!!
Get that office established and make them prosecute all persons who have through corruption fleeced the state. Both civil and criminal charges should be leveled against them. We want our monies with interest back. Additionally, we should have them jailed if the facts established against them.
The battle is still the Lord's. He will see you through. Long live Ghana.
Nana Addo the money is in the pockets of NDC people please go to thier houses, search thier pockets and retreive all stolen monies for us or else we will vote you out.