<\/aside>\nPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to fulfilling all the promises made to the people of Ghana, ahead of the December 2016 elections.<\/p>\n
According to him, in spite of\u00a0 the difficult situation he inherited, his government this year, has begun implementing policies and programmes to realize his government\u2019s programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very keen that, the promises that we made to the Ghanaian people, the pledges we made about what we would do when we come into office, the people of Ghana see that we are fulfilling those promises. It is important for trust and governance, it is important for trust and politicians, that they should be seen to be people of their word,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\nPresident Akufo-Addo said that the era where people make promises, get into office, and then find all kinds of reasons to say they cannot undertake those promises is not good for governance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you commit yourself, it is because you are sure that you can do it, and all the commitments that we have made, gradually, systematically, we are beginng to realize them, because they are things we thought about long and deep in opposition, and we believed that they were the way to put our country on the road to progress and to prosperity,<\/em>\u201d he added.<\/p>\nPresident Akufo-Addo made this known on Wednesday, 15th November, 2017, when he interacted with the Ghanaian community resident in Doha, Qatar, as part of his 3-day official visit to that country.<\/p>\n
He noted that one of the preoccupations of his government, upon the assumption of office, was to ensure the stabilization of the country\u2019s macro-economy.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo noted that he inherited an economy with a fiscal deficit of 9.6%, a growth rate of 3.6%, the lowest in over 20 years, widespread unemployment, \u2018dumsor\u2019, and the major issue of corruption.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo it was necessary to put the macro-economy back into shape, and I believe we have done well already. We committed ourselves to reducing the deficit from 9.6% to 6.3% this year. We are meeting that target,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Describing the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as \u201ca magician as far as I am concerned\u201d, President Akufo-Addo noted that, out of nowhere, the Finance Minister has been able \u201cto conjure money for us to finance our programs. Today (Wednesday), he announced in Parliament that we had met the deficit target that we set.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Finance Minister, the President added, has also been able to find money for the Akufo-Addo government to implement, within the period of 11 months, three key things, namely the Free SHS Policy, the Programme for Planting for Food and Jobs and the revival of the National Health Insurance Scheme.<\/p>\n
Stable power supply<\/strong><\/p>\nTouching on the country\u2019s power supply, the President stated that \u201cwe are not going to get anywhere in the industrial development which we are desperate about if we don\u2019t have reliable supply of power. We can\u2019t get anywhere. Boakye Agyako, the Minister for Energy, has done a great job first of all in stabilizing the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The President continued, \u201cWe are beginning to forget that there was a time when we had \u2018dumsor\u2019 in Ghana. The situation is now stabilizing, and in this year\u2019s budget, we are making a proposal to the PURC to bring down electricity tariffs, to be able to stimulate industrial development.\u201d<\/p>\n
All of these are measures, he added, are being put in place to boost the Ghanaian economy, and to serve as the platform for the country\u2019s industrial enterprises to become more competitive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the way that we are going to create wealth in our country, if our industries are working, expanding, producing and exporting,\u201d President Akufo-Addo noted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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