President John Dramani Mahama says he has instructed the Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson to cut expenditure as much as he likes.
He says this demonstrates the government's commitment to rebuilding the economy.
Mr Mahama said this after revealing that the economy was criminally handled by the previous NPP administration.
He said he couldn't understand how the previous government "was so reckless" in the handling of the economy.
