{"id":408734,"date":"2017-08-03T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/03\/ken-thompson-urges-govt-to-pay-debts-owed-private-businesses\/"},"modified":"2017-08-03T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:19:35","slug":"ken-thompson-urges-govt-to-pay-debts-owed-private-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/03\/ken-thompson-urges-govt-to-pay-debts-owed-private-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Thompson urges gov\u2019t to pay debts owed private businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chief Executive of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson urged government to pay debts owed private businesses in the country \u2013 especially as it begins to operate a Single Treasury Account of all public funds.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta announced during the presentation of the mid-year review of the 2017 budget that government had begun transferring all state funds at commercial banks to the Bank of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>This is likely to be finalized by September.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The move has been greeted with mixed reactions from banks and other industry players.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Thompson said government should also play its role in ensuring a debt free economy.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with JoyBusiness after delivering a short lecture at the launch of the 2017 IFEJ Flamingo awards for business and economic journalists under the theme: Embracing financial inclusion and innovation for growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>The focus for this year\u2019s award is on finance with a touch of technological solutions.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 financial and economic journalists are expected to contest for all the 10 categories in the award.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute for Financial and Economic Journalist, IFEJ is a non-profit organization that believes that for the country\u2019s economy to improve; financial journalists must be able to provide qualitative analysis of sectors of the economy for policy redirection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Executive of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson urged government to pay debts owed private businesses in the country \u2013 especially as it begins to operate a Single Treasury Account of all public funds. 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