At a four-day retreat held at Peduase's Presidential Lodge, the administration discussed the economy, evaluated its initiatives, and mapped out a growth strategy.
The retreat, which was held for the second time this year with nearly all of the government's members present, began last Friday and covered topics such as the various flagship programmes, effective ways to communicate government programmes, and the justification for using International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes.
According to our sources, the retreat also examined and evaluated the effectiveness of the cost-cutting initiatives revealed at the most recent Cabinet meeting in March of this year, which, based on the numbers, were showing some results.
Participants
The retreat was attended by every official and appointee. All of the ministers and their deputies, as well as the metropolitan, municipal, and district chief executives, president-appointed chief executive officers, and presidential employees, were among them.
In contrast to past getaways, government officials parked their cars and boarded buses to Peduase.
Many of the topics covered at the discussion, particularly the amount of work being done on the ground, astonished the participants, according to other individuals who attended the meeting. One of the sources added, "The conference provided a tonne of material that will allow members of government to communicate better with facts and data."
group discussions
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo continued to have separate talks with several groups of government appointees at the Jubilee in addition to the plenary sessions.
They consist of members of the Cabinet, other ministers of state, regional ministers and their deputies, MMDCEs, the President's choice for chief executive officer, presidential workers, and those who interact with the general public.
Communique
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the minister of information, is anticipated to make a statement shortly about the results of the meetings, a source said.
According to the source, the attendees at the conference were optimistic that the economy would recover from the problems that had harmed it.
Contrary to expectations, it became apparent that an IMF programme would not result in the cessation of social intervention programmes because such programmes had already survived two IMF programmes, according to the statement.
February retreat
Measures to save roughly GH3.5 billion for the remainder of the year were revealed at a retreat of a similar nature in March of this year. The restrictions become operative on April 1 of this year.
A few days after the retreat, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced new expenditure reduction measures, such as a 10% increase in discretionary spending cuts, a 50% reduction in fuel coupons for government machinery, and a 30% reduction in ministers' and state-owned enterprise leaders' salaries, all of which were to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund.
"The Consolidated Fund would receive 30% of the salaries of ministers and leaders of SOEs from April through December 2022, the Cabinet authorised. We appreciate the Council of State's leadership in supporting the administration with this policy, said Mr. Ofori-Atta.
A ban on buying imported automobiles for the remainder of the year was also enforced by the measures. The legislation, according to the minister, would apply to all new orders, particularly those for four-wheel vehicles.