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The representative of the Finance Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said that as a priority, the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, worked at safeguarding almost all jobs of employees, especially in the public sector.
He said that while many countries around the world were greatly affected by the pandemic, Ghana did its best to
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He made this known during the 2021 budget reading in Parliament, on behalf of the minister-designate for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, who is out of the country seeking medical care.
"Mr. Speaker, with revenues slumping and COVID-related expenditures rising, the Akufo-Addo Government was tested beyond measure. We believe, it is fair to say, that we rose to this extraordinary challenge. Indeed, despite the squeeze, Government succeeded in protecting virtually all jobs and incomes in the public sector. What the people of Ghana have witnessed since the coronavirus pandemic and to the admiration of the rest of the world, is a leadership of conviction that is responsible, creative, courageous, decisive, and caring," he said.
