Group Chairman of Allied Consortiums, South Africa, Benjamin Kofi Quarshie, has bewailed over Ghana’s economic situation as he describes it as a “stressed economic era”
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In an exclusive interview on e.tv Ghana’s Fact Sheet with Samuel Eshun, he reiterated that the current economic situation in the country has had a rippling effect on individual and businesses.
According to him, these are outcomes of government decisions, which he believes to be short-sighted. He however charged the government and Ghanaians in general to recess, reflect and improve the current situation in the just started year.
“It has been scary and there is no doubt about that or any argument to that. Our economy has been in a dire stress that it is affecting everybody. I think when it is good it affects everyone and businesses as well and with the current state it is also affecting all of us, Mr. Quarshie told Samuel Eshun.
“I think our economy has gotten here because of certain decisions that our leaders had taken that were short sighted. But I believe that as a country we need to come around, rally together and ensure that our economy gets back on track,” he added.
Meanwhile, beginning this year, some government authorities have touted Ghana’s economy to recover from inflation, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war after the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta reached Staff-Level Agreement on a $3 billion, three years Extended Credit Facility with the IMF.
By: Jude Tackie