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– –<\/span> He did say, \u201cI am glad that despite everything, we are starting to get out of the problems. This gives me hope that with hard work, dedication, and continued wisdom in running our country\u2019s affairs, we will rise up again.\u201d<\/p>\n This year, Ghana\u2019s economy has been shaky, so the country turned to an IMF program for help.<\/p>\n As part of its plan to save the economy, the government also set up a debt exchange program.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> The terms of the domestic debt exchange program were recently changed, and the end date was moved from the end of this year to early next year.<\/p>\n READ ALSO:\u00a0Remember to lend a helping hand to those in need this Christmas \u2013 Akufo Addo begs rich Ghanaians<\/p>\n – –<\/span> In a press release from the ministry of finance dated Saturday, December 24, 2022, it said, \u201cThe government today announces its decision to extend the expiration date of the invitation from Friday, December 30, 2022, at 4 pm (GMT), to Monday, January 16, 2023, at 4 pm.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe settlement date for the invitation is now expected to be Tuesday, January 24, 2023, or as soon as possible after that, but no later than the Longstop Date, which is now set for Tuesday, January 31, 2023, unless the government extends it further in accordance with the invitation,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe date of the announcement is now likely to be on or around January 17, 2023,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n But in spite of all these, President Akufo Addo is hopeful that Ghana\u2019s economy would bounce back stronger in the pending year, ceteris paribus!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" – – In his Christmas Eve message to the people of Ghana, President Akufo Addo said, \u201cOver the last three years, we have had our own captivity-in-Babylon moments.\u201d He did say, \u201cI am glad that despite everything, we are starting to get out of the problems. This gives me hope that with hard work, dedication, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1234755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[543,544,30034,29409,5209,598],"class_list":["post-1270264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-addo","tag-akufo","tag-babylons","tag-captive","tag-held","tag-rise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1270264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1270264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1270264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nIn his Christmas Eve message to the people of Ghana, President Akufo Addo said, \u201cOver the last three years, we have had our own captivity-in-Babylon moments.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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