We Never Said Covid and Ukraine War Never Impacted Ghana’s Economy- Environment Minister
The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has taken a swipe at members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after they descended on him following a speech at Geneva acknowledging the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war on the economy of Ghana.
According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) while in opposition never denied the impact of the two events on the economy.
On the contrary, he argued that the umbrella party contested attempts by the then government to use the war and pandemic as a smokescreen to hide its corrupt activities and mismanagement.
“For the purposes of emphasis, I want to be very clear, we have never said that those two incidences never had an effect somewhat on the global economy and that of Ghana, what we refused to accept, was when they desperately attempted to blame the entirety of the mess they created on CIVID 19 and the Russia-Ukraine War.”
According to him, his party always contrasted the condition of Ghana to neighbouring countries that were also impacted by the two forces.
“And we did so pointing to other countries particularly our neighbors who faced similar challenges yet managed their economies far better than they did. Perhaps, the current Trade war between America, China and Europe which I referred to was also there.”
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
