Professor Steve Hanke Declares Akufo-Addo's Promises Will Never Materialize

• US-based economist Prof Steve Hanke has dismissed President Nana Akufo-Addo's promise to revive the economy by 2024
• The professor of applied economics has said Nana Akufo-Addo's promises has never and will never hold water
• He made the comments on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, in response to the president's assurance that his administration can revive the economy within two years

Professor of Economics at the John Hopkins University in the United States, Steve Hanke, says President Akufo-Addo's promises to return Ghana's economy to good days are mere rhetoric.

He said in a tweet that Nana Akufo-Addo's promises on the economy are false.

"Pres. Akufo-Addo promises that he will make Ghana's economy 'bounce back.' SPOILER ALERT: Akufo-Addo's promises HAVE NEVER and WILL NEVER hold water. Today, I measure GHA's inflation at a punishing 78%/yr," Prof Hanke tweeted on Wednesday, August 7, 2022.

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Prof Hanke was responding to President Akufo-Addo's promise to Ghanaians when he ended his two-day working tour of the Central Region last Sunday, August 4.

He promised to return Ghana's economy to its glory days by the end of 2024.

The president assured Ghanaians that his administration would pursue critical fiscal and economic measures to spur growth and prosperity sooner than expected, despite the tough challenges.

President Akufo-Addo boasted that his administration had a track record of positioning Ghana to become one of the fastest growing economies in the world after it inherited an economy with the lowest growth rate in the history of Ghana's Fourth Republic.

In Prof Hanke's view, all these promises do not hold water.

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He suggests that the country was merely begging for more money from the IMF for a quick fix.

Source: YEN.com.gh