{"id":34356,"date":"2014-07-24T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=34356"},"modified":"2014-07-24T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T17:34:58","slug":"be-patient-better-days-mahama-to-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=34356","title":{"rendered":"Be patient; better days are ahead \u2013 Mahama to Ghanaians"},"content":{"rendered":"

The President, John Mahama is pleading with Ghanaians to exercise patience because \u00a0they will soon experience a change in\u00a0socio-economic<\/span>\u00a0affairs of the nation.<\/p>\n

In a post on his Facebook page on Thursday, President Mahama acknowledged that government \u201chad to approve strong, but unpleasant measures to increase revenue and reduce expenditures.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said although the measures have been \u201ca bitter pill, the alternative of doing nothing would have caused an economic meltdown and even more suffering for our people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The President\u2019s post follows a nationwide demonstration embarked on by workers across the country.<\/p>\n

The protest was to demand for a more effective management of the economy to alleviate the plight of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n

But according to President Mahama, Ghanaians would \u201chave to make sacrifices and I wish to assure you all that the results would begin to show very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I said on May Day, the darkest hour is before the break of a new dawn,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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