General News of Thursday, 20 February 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Our nation is in good health and in competent hands - Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo play videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that Ghana is in good health and in competent hands with his government at the helm of affairs.

According to him, things are working in Ghana and the nation is surely changing drastically.

Akufo-Addo added that the plan for his party, (New Patriotic Party) is to occupy all the seats in Parliament after the December 2020 elections.

"The state of our nation is that our nation is in good health and in competent hands. The plan of my party (NPP) is to occupy all the seats in Parliament after the 2020 elections."

President Akufo-Addo made this statement on the floor of parliament when he gave the State of the Nation Address in Accra on February 20.

This year’s State of the Nation Address is Akufo-Addo’s fourth and last in his first term as President of the Republic.

His address is in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and the Standing Orders of the Parliament of Ghana.

The address is to update Ghanaians on the government’s progress and outline plans for the next financial year.

The president’s speech covers, in broad terms, areas such as the economy, education, health, security and infrastructure.