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Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has touted the government's ''Ghana Cares: Obaatan Pa'' initiative as an audacious project that will help address the challenges of the economy.

The sector Minister, delivering the 2020 mid-year budget review in Parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020, told the House that as part of measures to cushion the country, the government is introducing a 100 billion development plan dubbed ''Ghana Cares: Obaatan Pa''.

"Mr Speaker, we wish to take this opportunity to announce to the people of Ghana that their President and his team have done a lot of thinking since March. We have brainstormed over the crisis with the view of using the challenges it presents rather as an opportunity to transform Ghana and for all Ghanaians. I am happy to announce that in the coming weeks the President will launch a Gh¢100 billion development programme. An ambitious and unprecedented three and half years programme called: Ghana CARES, “Obaatan Pa” which will anchor the comprehensive transformation of our society'', he said.

Expounding on the initiative on Peace FM's morning show ''Kokrokoo'' on Friday, Mr Ofori-Atta was confident in the efforts of the government saying Ghanaians have been placed in a safer situation due to the government's decisions.

He was hopeful the ''Obaatan Pa'' project will go a long way to alleviate the plight of Ghanaians and further ensure the nation bounces back into good shape from the ruins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

''When you look at this disease that countries like America and UK are all ruined and how we have kept our people in a much safer situation than they have and then the President's vision of [look] don't be afraid of today to move forward, and therefore the 100 billion cedis [you know] very audacious programme for us to do, I think that shows not only our being able to take care of everyone, especially the ordinary people. But to also give a vision for the future that we are undaunted and a pandemic should be used in a much more positive way than to fold up our arms for it to conquer us. So, that type of energy is what Ghanaians need that we're bringing to bear. I think we're going to have a very exciting period going forward.''