President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has chided his critics for keeping mute as the economy rebounds.
According to him, when the economy was dwindling his critics made it a great deal to always criticise his government for plunging the nation in tatters.
However, now that the economy has begun to rebound, they have kept quiet.
The President who was on a farewell tour to the North East region, indicated that the economy is now gaining momentum and will soon get to the level where it was in the early period of his governance.
“Our economy is rebounding strongly, there was time when these people were going ‘yapuyapuyapu’ about the economy, today they are not saying anything about the economy because the economy of Ghana is rebounding and the early years of my government when we were having 7-8 percent rates of growth are returning as I get ready to leave office” he said this to clapping of the gathering,” he stated.
President Akufo-Addo added “the restructuring of our bonds that has taken place recently is giving us savings on nearly $10bn on our over-all indebtedness”.
He noted “We’ve begun the process of reducing the debt to GDP ratio of Ghana significantly; 74%, is gone down to 64% and I am very hopeful that soon, it will reach 55% which is the target of the IMF programme.”
The President who has some three months to end his second term also urged the people of the North East region to vote massively for Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to help make him the next President of Ghana.
He continued, “I am very concerned about who is going to come and sit on seat and I am urging all of you here in the North East Region to come together as one and put your shoulder to the wheel to make your son Mahamudu Bawumia the next President of Ghana.
“I have come here to ask you for support for him not because he is a Mamprusi, most important we all have to come from somewhere…so that is not the issue, it’s not where you come from, it is your quality; that’s what matters and this man has the quality to be the next President of Ghana.”
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