The minister of State at the Office of the President, Hon Freda Prempeh says the economy of the country is doing well despite the challenges faced by COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia- Ukraine war.

The Member of Parliament for Tano North constituency of the Ahafo region contributing to the debate of the President's State of the Nation Address Tuesday March 14 said, “The President Akufo Addo has managed the economy well to make condition of living better for Ghanaians in terms of security, roads and hospital infrastructure, education and electricity.”

The minister indicated that President have worked hard to ensure there's no food insecurity in the country.

“Today, we live in a country in which we enjoy complete freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and political affiliation. Indeed, freedom of speech has now reached such heights that even members of the diplomatic corps feel able to join in our national discourse, and pronounce on matters that would be problematic for Ghanaian diplomats in their countries of origin. Nevertheless, Mr Speaker, it seems to me the important thing in our free speech environment is actually to try and hear each other, instead of raising the decibel level of our individual points of view”, the President told Parliament last on Wednesday March 8 when he presented the state of the nation’s address.

I have said, and many others, including the Managing Director of the IMF, have said that our economy was doing well until COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine took us off course.

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