Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has assured that the government will maintain fiscal discipline in the election year.
He indicated that the programmes that have been put in place under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal will ensure that the government remains disciplined.
“Hopefully, with the revenue measures will help us maintain the discipline,” he told TV3’s Martin Asiedu Darteh in an interview on Thursday, November 30.
Mr Ofori-Atta earlier told Parliament that the government had worked to restore Ghana‘s economy on the path of growth that will create more jobs.
He 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 stabilised,” he said when he delivered the 2024 budget statement in the House on Wednesday, November 15.
He further stated that the Akufo-Addo administration is determined to maintain discipline in order to keep the economy stable.
He said 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 is 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.