The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua has expressed optimism about the ability of the government to turn things around for the economy to stand on its feet once again.
Speaking at a media engagement on Thursday, July 28, to usher in the party’s 30th anniversary, the newly-elected general secretary charged appointees of the government to put in more work to fuel the ambition of the government to turn around the economic woes of the country.
“In 2001 that the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition had its second opportunity at governance following the swearing-in of John Agyekum Kuffour as president, it was a trying time to assume office, and some felt we had been served a poisoned chalice because of the very challenging economic conditions the country was in.
“The Kufuor administration took the brave but unpopular decision to subscribe to the IMF Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) programme. Despite the gloomy economic conditions at the onset of his administration, the Kufuor government would perform what many have termed as a miraculous economic turnaround, by his second tenure in office.
“Notable among his achievements was the attainment of a lower middle-income status economy in 2007, introduction of the national health insurance scheme, school feeding programme, livelihood empowerment against poverty (LEAP), national youth employment programme, metro mass transport system, cocoa mass spraying, repeal of criminal libel law and capitation grant.
“We believe this can and will be done and therefore, admonish government appointees to put in extra efforts to aid the country’s economic renaissance,” Justine Frimpong Kodua said.
Ghana’s economy has been in severe distress since the start of the year and has gotten worse in the last few months.
According to the government, the challenges have been exacerbated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the blowback from the Russia-Ukraine war.
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