The impacts of the Russia war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic which ravaged the world are said to have impacted negatively on the Ghanaian economy.
The two crises, which have been blamed for the poor performance of the Ghanaian currency in recent times, are also believed to be responsible for the downturn of many economies around the world.
In view of this, the Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Cape Coast North, Mr. Stephen Kojo Arhin, has stated that Ghanaians must support the government to turn things around.
According to Mr. Arhin, the government built a very robust economy, which brought a lot of relief to many Ghanaians, when it took office in 2017.
In an interview with the media, Mr. Arhin said: “We all witnessed how well the government performed to stabilise the economy right from 2017 and the following years.
“We had a resilient economy which allowed the government to employ a lot of graduates, teachers, doctors and other professionals that the NDC could not employ,” he added.
He continued: “Government was fully committed to building even a more resilient economy with the introduction of flagship programmes such as Planting for Food and the famous 1D1F initiatives.”
However, he noted that the Covid-19 pandemic adversely derailed all the government’s gains, as the pandemic also affected international trade with an adverse impact.
“But the NDC propaganda machinery obviously doesn’t want Ghanaians to know this, but has made the situation look like it’s the government that is not managing the economy well,” he posited.
Appeal to party Communicators
Mr. Arhin, therefore, appealed to the hierarchy of the party’s communication to devise a more sustainable communication strategy that could defuse the alleged NDC propaganda to let Ghanaians appreciate the facts.
“As part of government’s efforts to ameliorate the plights of the people during the pandemic, free water and ‘electricity’ were provided by President Akufo-Addo,” he explained.
“We don’t have short memories so we can clearly know that the government never rejected or neglected us in the heat of the pandemic and our communicators should be able to communicators this to the masses,” he added.
A good Communication strategy to face off any form of propaganda, he noted, would enable the party to effectively communicate the government’s programmes to the electorate in its quest to “break the 8”.
