President Akufo-Addo, last week, ordered the Minister for Finance, to commence formal engagements with the Fund after a telephone conversation with the president and the IMF managing director, Kristalina Georgiev.
Politics
It is indisputable that the current Akufo-Addo/Bawumia-NPP government is the most resourced government in Ghana’s history.
In terms of expenditure and funds related to Covid-19, Ghana experienced positive net benefits as the funds raised were more than the expenditure incurred. So if the fresh and ongoing engagement with the IMF is pandemic induced, then it is pandemic mismanagement.
Arise Ghana movement staged a two day demonstration to protest against economic hardship and governance of impunity
“The demonstration is coming on as planned,” he said.
So some policy analysts and journalists have described Gabby’s tweet as a mind game on Ghanaians to pave way for government to announce intent of going to the IMF since revenues are low.
The finance and economic expert warned that the worst thing that could happen to Ghana at this point as the economy strives to rebound will be to default on debt repayments and therefore admonishing the government to take drastic measures to help tame any unlikely situation of such.
Above all, the senior Citizen and Statesman assured Arise Ghana of his unflinching support and his presence at our upcoming demonstration scheduled for the 28th and 29th of June, 2022.
National Cathedral: Muslims Call on CEO To Correct Misinformation About National Mosque Construction
We therefore, by this statement wish to call on Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah to come out and retract that deliberate falsehood and apologize to the entire Muslim Ummah in Ghana. We also demand that, this rejoinder be read in the next edition of GTV Talking Point program, to correct the falsehood
The National Zango Caucus of the NDC is by this statement calling on the Vice President, H.E Alhaji Bawumia to with immediate effect, intervene and ensure Government subsidizes the unreasonably high cost of the annual Pilgrimage to Mecca, to enable the ordinary Muslim have an opportunity to fulfill his or her religious obligations.