A piece of fish and a ball of kenkey was carried to Parliament by the Sagnarigu MP on Monday as a visual representation of the current economic hardship Ghanaians are experiencing.
A. B. A. Fuseini, who was participating in the discussion of the government’s 2023 Budget, claimed that the average Ghanaian could no longer afford the popular fish and kenkey due to the present rise in food costs.
“They say that the evidence of the sweetness of a pudding is not in its aroma but the actual eating. The real issues of the economy vis-à-vis the impact it has on the lives of our people are clear. Mr. Speaker, this ball of kenkey was ¢2 but today it is ¢4. This fish which I bought the same size last year was ¢6 cedis but today the same size is ¢12. It is abundantly clear that through the vast incompetence of this government especially the economic management team and the Minister for Finance, this economy has been run into a ditch,” he said.
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Meanwhile, to put the nation’s debt level on a sustainable course, the Finance Minister on Sunday, December 4 launched a debt restructuring program.
The government is currently requesting a program from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help its struggling economy.
The Debt Exchange Program, according to Mr. Ofori-Atta, is a crucial need for the government to get an economic program from the International Monetary Fund.
The government also included several revenue-generating measures in the 2023 Budget in an effort to jump-start the economy and alleviate Ghanaians’ current woes.
Source : Joynews
