The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Richard Ahiagbah has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of lacking policy alternatives in the governance of the country.
He said, the NDC has therefore deliberately resorted to churning out falsehood and misinforming Ghanaians on economic data for political advantage.
He said the NDC has not provided any credible policy alternatives but taking advantage to spread panic information about the economy.
“Misinformation of economic data, & consistently drum it, is the NDC’s strategy. Unfortunately, it does not cover for their lack of policy ideas.”
According to him, the New Patriotic Party unlike the NDC is taking the difficult decision to bring the economy out of the hardship.
“The NPP is making the difficult decisions to restore this economy for the benefit of all Ghanaians,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, The Finance Minister Mr Ken Ofori-Atta that Ghana is making progress in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate.
This progress, the Minister said, gives the government a solid foundation to confront the challenges ahead.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Wednesday September 28, Mr Ofori-Atta indicated that overall, Ghana’s growth outturn of 3.4% and 4.8% in Q1 and Q2 of 2022 respectively, coupled with modest improvements in our fiscal position, suggests the economy is gradually on the upswing despite the numerous shocks that the country has faced over the past two years.
“These figures demonstrate that in spite of recent challenges, there has been economic growth, modest as the gains so far may be.
“This progress gives us a solid foundation to confront the challenges ahead. Undoubtedly, global risks remain on the horizon, including a strengthening US dollar. and higher interest rates which negatively affect external borrowing.
“This development is exerting enormous pressure on our Balance of Payment position, and thus the need for us to expedite our engagement with the IMF.”
He added “Within this context, Government is finalizing its Post-COVID-19 economic programme as the domestic blueprint to engage the IMF.”
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com