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The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has given his team at the Ministry a pat on the back after describing them as brilliant and resilient.
Mr Ofori-Atta says he is humbled to be leading such a team.
He said this when he joined the staff of the Finance Ministry in thanksgiving for God’s mercy and preservation in 2023.
“I am assured that the Lord will continue to lead and guide us in 2024,” he said.
He stressed “Our testimony is indeed victory on every side! Humbled to be leading the brilliant and resilient team at the Ministry of Finance.”
Mr Ofori-Atta earlier, by dint of hard work the government had turned the corner relative to the economic challenges when it successfully completed the first review of the 3-year 3 billion International Monetary Fund External Credit Facility (IMF-ECF) programme.
“We turned the corner when we completed the IMF first review,” he told Parliament while presenting the 2024 budget statement on Wednesday, November 15.
He further assured that the government was poised to “maintain stability and keep growing. and ensure increased growth, currency stability”
“We turned the corner when inflation started declining from 54 1 in December to 35.2 in October 2023, he added.
“The recovery is indeed real and is here to stay,” he further assured.
Mr Ofori-Atta further stated that the prompt deployment of strong fiscal and monetary policy measures since the last year as well as in the first half of 2023 largely accounts for the continued economic recovery that is being experienced.
“So far, growth in 2023 has been more resilient than expected, inflation has declined in line with the fundamentals, the fiscal and external balances have improved, and the exchange rate has stabilized,” he said.
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