Accra, March 3, GNA – Ghanaians have been urged to put their differences aside in finding solutions to the country’s current economic challenges.
Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Finance, who made the call, said there was the need to forge ahead, as a people, and put together a policy to guide efforts in tackling the economic woes.
Speaking during the National Economic Dialogue on Monday in Accra to help address the challenges, Dr Forson said since no one person was a repository of knowledge, it was incumbent on all Ghanaians to support to change the situation.
He said the dialogue, similar to the one held 10 years ago at Senchi in the Eastern Region, was to reflect on the economic challenges, address them and plan for the future.
It would use dialogue, among other things, to reset the economy and foster prosperity for the citizenry.
Dr Forson said their invaluable contributions would help bring a significant change to the severe current economic situation such as the rise in fuel prices, rising cost of electricity tariff as well as put the economy on the right path.
The Government, in setting the pace, had reduced the number of ministers from 123 to 60 in addition to its budget cut, he said.
There was also a significant budget cut by all government officials.
“The National Democratic Congress is committed to transparency, accountability and good governance,” he said, adding that the resetting was possible and called for discipline in the fiscal space to achieve success.
Fiscal policy for the past eight years had been ineffective, thus the need to work on the deficit gap, he noted.
Dr Ishmael Yamson, the Chairman of the dialogue’s committee, prayed the dialogue became permanent.
GNA