It is my greatest pleasure to come to you today to update you on the Outcome of the Republic of Ghana’s Consent Solicitation Exercise for our Eurobond Debt Restructuring.
Ladies and Gentlemen, after presenting the 2023 Budget to Parliament on 24th November 2022, Parliament worked tirelessly to provide “policy” approval of the Budget on Tuesday, 6th December 2022.
Good Morning, and welcome to the 4th Press Briefing on the Economy this year. This is a buildup of our engagements on 20th January, 24th March and 12th May. These bi-monthly engagements have complimented the statutory update we provided on the Economy when we presented the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament on 25th July 2022.
I first came to your homes on Wednesday, 11th March 2020, five (5) days after our nation’s 63rd Independence Day celebration, a day before we recorded our first two (2) cases, with news of the measures Government was taking to limit the importation of the COVID-19 virus into the country.
Nana Chairman, this conference couldn’t have been held at a better time as the times we found ourselves in today need all-hands-on-deck to contribute towards a sustainable recovery from the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Friday, 26th November 2021, the Parliament of Ghana was scheduled to sit and conclude the debate on the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government. After the closing statements from both the Majority and Minority leaders, the Speaker gave me the opportunity to make a statement to the House.
With less than 9 years to 2030 - the deadline for realizing the Sustainable Development Goals - the government of Ghana concurs with the United Nations on the need for accelerated action to enable us to realise these ambitious yet critical objectives that we have set for ourselves in the Sustainable Development Goals. The Pandemic has exacerbated the challenges of achieving the Global and Country level SDG Goals – but we cannot despair.