“Public sector restructuring remains the government’s priority for economic recovery”

Restructuring the public sector to support private sector investment is the key to the government’s economic recovery, said Minister of Information Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah.

“Public sector reforms remain a key part of the government’s broad program to quickly revive the economy after the enormous devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he added.

He said the public sector has been challenged to play its central role in making investments thrive over the years.

Mr. Oppong Nkrumah, speaking to the media in Koforidua as part of his working tour in the Eastern region, cited the Ghana Electricity Company (ECG) where the procurement of meters has often been delayed. unnecessarily as some of the challenges facing the sector, which the government was working on. at the address.

“As part of the reforms, we expect that the acquisition of a meter to start a business should not take more than two weeks to bring our service delivery up to the speed of the economic stimulus program,” he said. added.

Getting the economy back on a sound footing is the government’s top priority and would spare no effort to achieve that goal, he said.

He added that there are many programs in place to stimulate the economy, citing the 100 billion cedis obatanpa care program as one of them.

The Minister, who had already met the media of the Central and Volta regions, clarified that the professional exercise of the role of the media could not be more relevant than today.

He said that to ensure economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all hands need to be on deck.