President Akufo-Addo is projecting better days ahead for Ghana as the country ushers into a new year.

In a Twitter post on January 1, 2023, he wrote: "Wishing you, my fellow Ghanaians, a happy and prosperous new year. 2023 promises to be a good one for our country."

The President, in his tweet, did not indicate how exactly his government would ensure a conducive environment for businesses and citizens in general.

However, government has on several occasions stated that its yet-to-be-finalised agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will augur well for Ghanaians.

Happy New Year! pic.twitter.com/FK7EDQkv0e— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) January 1, 2023

Meanwhile, former President John Dramani Mahama has entreated Ghanaians to remain hopeful of an economic recovery this year.

Despite the economic setback the nation experienced in the previous year, he claimed that Ghanaians “cannot give up on our dear homeland Ghana” in the face of the sacrifices and austerity measures that 2023 will bring.

“As we face the future with fortitude, let us remember the solemn words of the hymnist, Johnson Oatman Jr, when he urges us to Count Our Blessings and Name Them One by One. We have been fortunate to survive as a nation and are lucky by the grace of the Almighty to be alive to see the dawn of a new year,” he said in a Facebook post.

He is optimistic that as long as Ghanaians have life, there will be ample opportunity to “be better versions of ourselves and work even harder towards salvaging our dear nation from the avoidable abyss into which she has been plunged.”

“May this new year open the pathway and bring us to the cusp of building the ‘Ghana We Want’— a Ghana of opportunities for all and one in which our individual and collective aspirations are achieved. I wish you all, my fellow countrymen and women, a very Happy and Prosperous New Year,” he shared.