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The National Chairman of the\u00a0National Democratic Congress,\u00a0Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, is concerned about the rising hardship brought on by an economic downturn.<\/p>\n
Government has admitted to the situation and partly blamed the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war for the downturn with the promise that all was being done to alleviate the hardship.<\/p>\n
For the NDC Chairman, it is regrettable that the masses continued to suffer yet the government seemed to be at its wit’s end.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now we have an economic-hardship pandemic which is even killing more people than COVID. We have always known about the President visiting our homes to say \u2018fellow Ghanaians\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut now the problem we have is more than COVID. [That is], the challenges we\u2019re having, [and] the stress in the system. The pressure is killing people. The current economic hardship has even given people high blood pressure\u201d, he submitted while speaking on Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM, Tuesday, August 23.<\/p>\n
According to Ofosu-Ampofo, he was simply projecting the views of the majority of Ghanaians who are having to deal with the general rise in the cost of living.<\/p>\n
Government on July 1 initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, for an economic rescue programme of about US$3 billion in support.<\/p>\n
Galloping inflation last pegged at over 31%, and a depreciating Cedi has become two main pointers of the economic crisis that has triggered the general rise in the cost of living.<\/p>\n
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