By Gifty Adunyah
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected on Thursday, March 24, 2022 to announce decisions taken by the government towards putting the economy back on track. This comes after a three-day crunch Cabinet meeting at Peduase. Ghana has had its fair share of the global economic downturn.
Citizens have been agitating over the continuous hike in petroleum prices, depreciation of the cedi against the major trading currencies with their resultant effects on the economy.
Addressing the Members of Council of State at the Jubilee House on March 22, 2022 President Akufo-Addo said he has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta to address the nation on steps taken by the government to ”salvage the deteriorating economy, brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war”.
