Be Measured In Your Expectations Of Akufo-Addo’s Second Term - Chief Of Staff To Ghanaians

The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare has appealed to Ghanaians to be measured in their expectation of the Akufo-Addo second term administration. Madam Frema Opare says devastating effect of COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the president’s plans and programmes. Her comments come on the back of #FixTheCountry

campaign which is aimed at getting the government to address the many challenges facing the country. At the second edition of the Public Relations Summit of all the PROs of Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and SOEs in the Accra, Madam Frema Opare said the government of Nana Akufo Addo is already fixing the country. I want to

take this opportunity to appeal to Ghanaians that all the the expectations on a COVID-19 environment should be very measured. Expectations from your organizations and the expectation of the public of the state point of view must be measured because you only have to turn on the TV and you will see the devastation that COVID-

19 has brought to even the giant countries. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta had earlier urged Ghanaians to join the government in fixing the challenges facing the country together. According to him, the development of the country is also the collective responsibility of all the Ghanaians. In the coming days, we will move swiftly to

address the the issues that #FixTheCountry have also raised. First, I am also working with the Minister for the Water and Sanitation to immediately ensure the potable water to areas of critical need. Secondly, I am working with the Ministers of Roads and Highways, Transport and the Interior to address congestion along the major

highways. Thirdly, we are fast-tracking implementation of the $200 million jobs and skills programme and the economic transformation programme to enhance job creation significantly. Fourth, starting this month, we are rolling out over eight additional interventions under the GhanaCARES Obatanpa programme and these will

be in the health, agriculture, trade, tourism, digitisation, science and technology, housing and financial service sectors. Fifth, and by the end of the July, we will have a new development bank also capitalised with over $500 million that will provide long term whole financing and not retail, as happened in the past, to the private sector

through commercial banks and the non-bank financial institutions such as the venture capital companies for the SMEs, to ensure financing to the youth. So let us all rise up and build together and let us #FIXTOGETHER, he said at a press conference on Sunday, May 9, 2021.