The National communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has stated emphatically that Ghana’s economy was already a mess before the Russia – Ukraine crisis broke out.
He insisted the economy was beginning to show signs of deterioration before the pandemic.
His remarks following statement by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the state of the nation address (SONA) on March 8, that Ghana’s economy was performing well before the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine crisis broke out.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the president, even acknowledged that Ghana’s economy was doing well before the outbreak.
He said, “I have said, and the Managing Director of the IMF has also said, our economy was doing well until COVID-19, and Russia Ukraine war.”
But speaking in an exclusive interview on TV3 on Wednesday, March 22, Sammy Gyamfi said, “These are people who are allergic to the truth. Before Covid, the government was already spending recklessly.
“Before Covid what did the government have to show for the borrowing? Before covid, the economy was nothing to write home about” he stated.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
