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Ghana’s economic crisis fuelled by malevolent forces – President Nana Akufo-Addo

October 31, 2022
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Accra, Ghana – Ghana’s inflation rate surged past its 21-year record high in August as its annual inflation rate climbed to 37.2 per cent in September from 33.9 recorded in August 2022 but in his address broadcasted on Sunday, Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, addressed the nation to explain the raft of measures his government will be taking to see its way out of financial turmoil, including measures to support domestic production.

Last week, he and other top government officials began a three-day retreat to discuss measures to tackle the economic problems, finalising the $3 billion loan deal with the IMF and the government’s 2023 budget and financial policy.

Ghana’s inflation rate surged past its 21-year record high in August as its annual inflation rate climbed to 37.2 per cent in September from 33.9 recorded in August 2022.

President Akufo-Addo maintained in his address that he has total confidence in his administration’s ability to “work our way out of our current difficulties.”

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Among these measures, Nana Akufo-Addo announced a 30% cut in budgeted discretionary expenditures and salaries of the President, Vice President, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and political office holders.

“We are in a crisis, I do not exaggerate when I say so. I cannot find an example in history when so many evil forces have come together at the same time.

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“But, as we have shown in other circumstances, we shall turn this crisis into an opportunity to resolve not just the short-term, urgent problems, but the long-term structural problems that continue to bedevil our economy,” expressed the Ghanaian leader.

The rise of the Covid-19 pandemic ushered in an era of disillusionment. Growth slowed and money borrowed in the markets became increasingly high in price.

These difficulties were exacerbated by the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on food and energy prices worldwide. Inflation in the country is rising to over 37%, while the currency is depreciating at an unforeseen pace: Since the beginning of the year, the cedi has lost over 40% against the dollar.

Most importantly, debt, the Achilles heel of the Ghanaian economy, has soared. It now accounts for nearly 80 % of the country’s gross domestic product.

An insurmountable burden has compelled the Accra government to break with its three-year strike from demanding aid from the IMF.

This is the 17th request to the IMF for a new aid plan since the country’s independence in 1957, a hard pill to swallow for the African giant.

“We have gone to the (International Monetary) Fund to repair, in the short term, our public finances, and restore our balance of payments, whilst we continue to work on the medium to long-term structural changes that are at the heart of our goal of constructing a resilient, robust Ghanaian economy and building a Ghana beyond aid.

President Akufo-Addo had promised that the country’s total public debt would be reduced to 55 per cent of GDP by 2028. He also promised that the cost of servicing the country’s external debt will not exceed 18 per cent of annual revenue by 2028.
The cedi has depreciated by 56 per cent since the beginning of the year as Ghana struggles to check skyrocketing prices caused partly by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

To control price growth and bolster the currency, the central bank raised its benchmark lending rate this year by ten points to 24.5 per cent.

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