President Akufo-Addo has stated that the economy is on a sound footing.

He said the country is financially sound, contrary to what his critics would want Ghanaians to believe. "Mr Speaker, Ghana is not broke, contrary to what the propagandists are saying.

We are handing over a country with gross international reserves worth $8billion. ," the President said during the presentation of his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on January 3.

According to him, "this is more than the $6.2 billion of gross international reserves my administration inherited in 2017.