[ 2016-10-17 ]

Mahama Pledges to Reignite Ghana’s Economy
President John Mahama has called on Ghanaians to
be optimistic about the future of the country
because many indications show the country is
performing well in terms of growth and development
in the various sectors.


Speaking to congregants at the Holy Ghost Temple
of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC)
at Adenta on Sunday, Mahama said the fact that the
rate of maternal and infant mortality has
decreased significantly and life expectancy
increased above the average of most African
countries, show the country is making progress.



“What we are enjoying today is a cumulative work
of all the governments that have… so when a new
government comes you don’t have to start from
level one, you start from where they left off and
then you take it to the next level so cumulatively
we are making good progress.



"If you take all the UN human development
indicators, it gives clear evidence that this
country is moving in the right direction. Maternal
mortality is falling, infant mortality is dropping
and life expectancy is the highest in West Africa,
average 63 years where as in other countries it is
52 years,” Mahama said.



He added that 76 per cent of the population have
access to clean drinking water, more than 80 per
cent of our people have access to electricity and
so you can see that we are making progress.”



He lamented that there many Ghanaians with cynical
attitude and lack of faith in the future of the
country in spite of the developments.



He therefore said that Ghanaians need to have
faith and believe the country will “make it”.



“Sometimes I wonder and ask myself, it looks
like outsiders have more faith in our country than
we ourselves have in our country. We think that
our country is a basket case and anything that we
do, we cannot make it, but you go our self and
they appreciate what you are doing,” he said.



The President also said he was hopeful “if we
continue to work the way we are doing and we
continue on the right track this nation will not
only be a model of democracy, but it will be a
model of economic prosperity in West Arica.”

Source - Citifmonline

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