Gov’t will negotiate good deal with IMF – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that his government will negotiate a good deal with the International Monetary Fund.

On July 1, 2022, government announced that it was seeking a bailout with the IMF after months of the cedi’s free-fall and hikes in fuel prices.

This was despite insistence by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and President Akufo-Addo that Ghana will not return to the IMF.

Speaking at the New Patriotic Party (NPP Delegate Conference on 16th July 2022, Akufo-Addo said the NPP has a track record of negotiating deals that serve the best interest of the country with the IMF.

“Our party, we have a tradition of taking Ghana out of difficulties. We took Ghana out of HIPC in President Kufuor’s time. We took Ghana out of the derailed IMF programme of 2015,” he cited.

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The President gave the assurance at the NPP’s National Delegates Conference over the weekend at the Accra Sports Stadium.

“I want to assure the people of Ghana that we are going to negotiate a good deal with the IMF. A deal that would allow us to revive our economy and to continue the task of building an even stronger economy than we had before.”

“Let us make sure that we elect the men and women who can provide the leadership to enable the party to surmount our mantra to break the eight. And breaking the eight we shall in 2024,”

The Conference was held under the theme, “Holding together, Working together.”

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu

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