Finance Minister Ken Ofor-Attah has specified that government is quite positive of preluding the current hardship being faced by Ghanaians.

As stated by Ken Ofori-Atta,governments led by New Patriotic Party have a remarkable and overwhelming record of saving the country from any economic recessions.

Speaking at a press briefing to publicize the measures government will be undertaking by averting the current economic hardships, Ken Ofori-Attah said, this is not the first time an NPP government working together with the people of Ghana, has succeeded in getting the better of an economic recession of this nature.

Let me say this, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has absolutely no intention to roll back on a major policy like Free SHS. We see education as the best enabler for sustainable economic growth and transformation and will do more to improve on it for it to serve more and better our children.

Ladies and Gentlemen and people of Ghana, we can do it together. This is not the first time an NPP Government, working together with the people of Ghana has succeeded in overcoming an economic challenge of this nature. We have demonstrated time and time again our ability to overcome. It is important to stress, right from the onset, that the difficulties we are facing in Ghana are not peculiar to Ghana. These reductions in margins are expected to reduce prices of petrol by 1.6% and diesel by 1.4%. We anticipate that the measures taken to strengthen the currency will help further stabilize the prices. Government to engage parliament to fast track the approval of the elevy bill.” -“Fuel prices to be reduced by 15 pesewas per litre