President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta with providing the leadership needed to raise Ghanaians’ living standards.
That, he says, is why Ghanaians voted to hold him as the country’s president.
President Akufo-Addo believes that all of his government’s accomplishments will be for nothing if the Ghanaian people do not feel the effect.
As a result, he encouraged Mr. Ofori-Atta to take steps to raise workers’ real incomes while also bringing income to the country’s firms.
“Indeed, you have your work cut out for you even though our economy despite the pandemic was of the few in the world that recorded positive GDP growth in 2020. Ultimately what the people of Ghana are expecting is a visible improvement in their standard of living that’s an increase in the real wages for working people and enhancement of the income of farmers and fisherfolk and a rise of profits for businesses.”
“So talk of good macro and economic management, fiscal responsibility in GDP growth has to reflect that goal if the talk is to be meaningful. So I indicated to your colleague ministers the Ghanaian people have given us four more years to do more for them. So as you assume your position in government, I urge you to provide leadership that will ensure that the work on which we are embarked benefits the progress of why they voted for us.”
He also applauded the Parliament for its agreement on the approval of Mr. Ofori-Atta.
“I commend Parliament for the by-partisan consensual manner in which it approved Ken Ofori-Atta. The welfare of Ghanaian remains the paramount consideration of public policy.”
When President Akufo-Addo sworn in Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister, he said these things.
