The Akufo-Addo government has inherited a “very
difficult” economy from the previous administration, Vice President Mahamudu
Bawumia has said.Speaking at a durbar of Zongo chiefs and Imams at
Fadama in Accra organised by the Chief Imam to mark the birthday of Holy Prophet
Mohammed, Dr Bawumia said despite the bad economy the New Patriotic Party has
inherited, the Akufo-Addo-led government will deliver on all its
promises.
“…We said that when by the grace of Allah we get into
government, we will undertake a number of policies and by the grace of God we
have gotten into government, we have looked at the economic situation, it is not
an easy one, it is a very difficult one but by the grace of Allah we intend to
keep all the promises that we made to the people of Ghana.
“You have
already seen that we mean business; we are going to deal with the economic
challenges, after all, that is what we were elected to do,” Dr Bawumia
said.
As part of those promises, Dr Bawumia said the government will
established the Zongo Development Fund in the first quarter of the year. “We
will establish the Zongo Development Fund in our very first budget in March of
this year. It is very important for people of the zongos and Muslims at large
who live in the zongos. … We will establish it and work in consultation with our
chiefs, our imams, our opinion leaders to make sure the fund is delivers on the
needs of the people of the zongos.”
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