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Fixing Ghana Requires Time – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has refuted claims that the Akufo-Addo government is not working to fix the country’s economy.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday (9 February), Agyeman-Manu said “we will fix the country but we need time to deal with the effects COVID-19 has on our economy.”
“Productivity was impacted, cash flow impacted, trading that brings us a lot of revenue in our country through the ports were eventually stopped. We couldn’t get imports from China because of lockdowns and factory closures, so trade charges started escalating and when trade charges go up we are importing inflation and definitely we will feel our country is accumulating hardships,” the health minister explained.
According to him, COVID-19 had a major toll on Ghana’s economy, calling on Ghanaians to exercise restraint as the government works to fix it.
“Tourism suffered the most, that is part of the impact of COVID on our economy, but we have stopped evaluating this and we’ve gone ahead to form a movement – Fix the Country. We will fix the country but we need time,” Agyeman-Manu said.
