{"id":95812,"date":"2025-09-25T23:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95812"},"modified":"2025-09-25T23:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:28:01","slug":"covid-19-erased-two-decades-of-poverty-reduction-president-mahama-admits-at-un-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95812","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 erased two decades of poverty reduction \u2013 President Mahama admits at UN General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President John Dramani Mahama has admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic, which struck the world five years ago, derailed Ghana\u2019s poverty alleviation efforts.<\/p>\n

The unprecedented pandemic devastated global economies, leading to widespread job losses and a sharp rise in the cost of living.<\/p>\n

While the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government consistently attributed Ghana\u2019s economic downturn between 2020 and 2022 to the pandemic, then-opposition leader Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) rejected that explanation.<\/p>\n

However, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly during a side event dubbed Accra Reset<\/em>, President Mahama acknowledged that the pandemic had indeed negatively impacted Ghana, particularly its fight against poverty.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Covid-19 pandemic erased two decades of poverty reduction in less than two years,\u201d<\/em> state broadcaster Ghana Television quoted the President as saying on its official Facebook page.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The admission has surprised many commentators, with some recalling how Mahama and the NDC had rejected similar claims by the previous government. Several reactions suggested that the President\u2019s comments had vindicated the position of the Akufo-Addo administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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