{"id":402718,"date":"2017-07-18T21:29:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/the-concept-is-ghana-beyond-aid-and-not-ghana-without-aid-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T21:29:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T21:29:56","slug":"the-concept-is-ghana-beyond-aid-and-not-ghana-without-aid-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/the-concept-is-ghana-beyond-aid-and-not-ghana-without-aid-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"The concept is &#8216;Ghana beyond aid&#8217; and not &#8216;Ghana without aid&#8217; \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 18 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-18<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/42722186.295.jpg\" alt=\"Press Nana\" title=\"Press Nana\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nana Akufo-Addo reiterated that critical part of the country\u2019s budget depends on foreign aid<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500413396_439_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Nana Akufo-Addo has mentioned that his government is keen on moving Ghana beyond aid and not without aid by the end of his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The president addressing issues concerning the IMF bailout said his government is committed to finishing the program but the November budget that will be presented by his government will be the last budget of Ghana government to be under the IMF program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Akufo-Addo government has no intention of extending the IMF program, the November budget will be the last budget under the IMF program and we will be on our own, at least that is what most of you want us to be, on our own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the president, the concept his government is working with is Ghana beyond aid and not Ghana without aid. \u201cWe are going to grow ourselves into a position whereby we\u2019re no longer dependent on external sources to finance our budget\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo reiterated that, a critical part of the 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