{"id":265513,"date":"2024-12-14T14:44:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/14\/we-never-avoided-conversations-about-the-economy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-14T14:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:44:43","slug":"we-never-avoided-conversations-about-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/14\/we-never-avoided-conversations-about-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"We never avoided conversations about the economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/267\/26701658.295.jpg\" alt=\"Director of Communications for the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah\" title=\"Director of Communications for the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah\" width=\"295\" height=\"224\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Director of Communications for the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Director of Communications for the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah, has asserted that President Nana Akufo-Addo performed well in managing the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>0In an interview with Citi FM, Richard Ahiagbah emphasised the significant growth the economy has experienced during the president\u2019s tenure, noting that without external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic situation could have been much better.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cThe task given to President Akufo-Addo to manage the economy, I believe he has done well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you remove the shocks we\u2019ve faced, this economy would be in a much better place than it is now. Currently, the economy is growing.<\/p>\n<p>The second quarter recorded a growth of about 5.8%, and this quarter is at approximately 7%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ahiagbah expressed optimism for even faster growth in 2025, pointing out that although the economy faced challenges at one point, the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government successfully revived it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not true that we avoided discussions about the economy during the campaign. We never ran away from it.<\/p>\n<p>The difficulties we encountered were acknowledged,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Communications for the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah The Director of Communications for the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah, has asserted that President Nana Akufo-Addo performed well in managing the country\u2019s economy. 0In an interview with Citi FM, Richard Ahiagbah emphasised the significant growth the economy has experienced during the president\u2019s tenure, noting that without external shocks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We never avoided conversations about the economy - 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