Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, is concerned about the increased suffering caused by an economic crisis.
The government has acknowledged the problem blaming the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war for the slump, promising that everything would be done to alleviate the misery.
It is terrible, according to the NDC Chairman that the public continues to suffer while the government appears to be at a loss for words.
“Right now we have an economic-hardship pandemic which is even killing more people than COVID. We have always known about the President visiting our homes to say ‘fellow Ghanaians’.
“But now the problem we have is more than COVID. [That is], the challenges we’re having, [and] the stress in the system. The pressure is killing people. The current economic hardship has even given people high blood pressure”, he submitted while speaking on Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM, Tuesday, August 23.
Ofosu-Ampofo claimed that he was merely expressing the opinions of the majority of Ghanaians who are dealing with the country’s general rise in living expenses.
On July 1, the government began negotiations with the IMF for an economic rescue program worth around $3 billion in support.
Two key indicators of the economic crisis that led to the overall increase in the cost of living are the galloping inflation, which was last recorded at over 31%, and the devaluing Cedi.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
