Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told Parliament that the government had to take bold steps in tackling the deadly novel coronavirus disease.
During his mid-year budget statement on Thursday, July 29, Mr. Ofori Atta disclosed that the Akufo-Addo administration had to make decisive measures to deal with the negative impact of the covid on the economy.
Mr. Ofori-Atta told the House that the huge negative impact of covid on the global economy was to be expected because no country around the world expected a pandemic of this magnitude.
However, he said governments around the world including that of Ghana acted with prudent measures to deal with the situation.
“The hardship of covid 19, the stress, negative impact on employees and employers was unprecedented but expected because no country in the work had prepared for it.
“We took responsible, innovative and decisive and bold actions to tackle the crisis,” he said.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
