General News of Saturday, 10 September 2016Source: citifmonline.comMy gov’t will maintain stability, fiscal discipline – Nana AddoNana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo, Flagbearer NPPThe Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo has assured members of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA) that his administration will maintain macroeconomic stability and restore fiscal discipline if voted into power. “A future NPP government, God willing will focus on four key areas which include building a strong resilient economy by restoring macroeconomic stability and ensuring discipline,” he said. Nana Addo pointed out that the only way to build the country is to pursue a self reliance policy and implement aggressive targeted infrastructure development programmes. He added that high cost of borrowing, and high cost of electricity tariff have rendered businesses unproductive. According to him, the current macroeconomic indicators are all a testimony of how businesses are suffocating under high cost of production inputs.

Source: GhanaWeb September 10, 2016 09:00 UTC