{"id":296297,"date":"2017-02-22T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=296297"},"modified":"2017-02-22T06:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T06:00:30","slug":"sotnghana-5-take-aways-on-economy-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/sotnghana-5-take-aways-on-economy-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"#SOTNGhana: 5 take-aways on economy [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has suggested that Ghana&#8217;s economy is in a dire situation owing to some decisions by the erstwhile John Mahama-led government.<\/p>\n<p>In his maiden State of the Nation address before Parliament on Tuesday [February 21, 2017], Nana Akufo-Addo accused the previous government to &#8220;ballooning&#8221; the country&#8217;s debt stock to GHs122 billion, from the GHs9.5 billion it inherited from the John Agyekum-Kufour government.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, had left office with the country&#8217;s GDP rate of 3.6%, which he says is the lowest the country has recorded in the past 23 years.<\/p>\n<p>Below are 5 take-aways on the economy from Akufo-Addo&#8217;s address.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/22\/former-akwatia-mp-dr-kofi-asare-dies-in-car-crash\/nana-addo-state-of-the-economy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-296449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-296449\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nana-Addo-State-of-the-economy.jpg\" alt=\"nana-addo-state-of-the-economy\" width=\"768\" height=\"867\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has suggested that Ghana&#8217;s economy is in a dire situation owing to some decisions by the erstwhile John Mahama-led government. 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