President Akufo-Addo has entreated Ghanaians to desist from immensely dwelling on the challenges the country is facing.
According to the president, the people of Ghana should also make it a point reflect on some of the achievements Ghana has chalked over the years.
Addressing Ghanaians while commemorating the 66th Independence Day celebration, he said “Fellow Ghanaians, I’m very much aware of the current difficulties confronting our nation and we are working hard to resolve them. And maybe, we should also count our blessings in how together we are managing the difficulty.
We all see the images around the world. Here in Ghana, we have not had any fuel queues, we have not suffered shortage of food and essential items. All the catastrophe of ‘dumsor’. Undoubtedly, major global developments have had a negative impact on our domestic economic performance.”
He mentioned that historic highs in global inflation and food prices, rising global interest rates triggered by tightened monetary policy of central banks across several advanced economies to take rising inflation have had a negative impact on the local currency and elevated the country’s debt burden.
President Akufo-Addo has however assured that his government has been working hard to restore an indebted and challenged economy it inherited in 2017.
This year’s celebration was held at Ho in the Volta Region for the very first time under the theme “Our Unity, Our Strength, Our Purpose.”
The Special Guest of Honour for the celebration was President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau, who is also the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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