{"id":462879,"date":"2018-02-09T02:30:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T02:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/dont-fault-your-predecessors-ifs-to-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T02:30:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T02:30:36","slug":"dont-fault-your-predecessors-ifs-to-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/dont-fault-your-predecessors-ifs-to-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t fault your predecessors \u2013 IFS to 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 Friday,  9 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaguardian.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/72760798.295.jpg\" alt=\"Presidents  Akufo Addo\" title=\"Presidents  Akufo Addo\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo (Second from right) with his predecessors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518143436_634_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Dr. Saeed Boakye, a Senior Research Analyst with the Institute of Fiscal Studies, has asked the Akufo-Addo government to stop faulting its predecessors for the economic woes of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, such blames games do not improve the outlook of the state and efforts to stabilize the economy.<\/p>\n<p>The comment comes as President Akufo-Addo is set to deliver his second state of the nation address today in Parliament. Some analysts have said the address will be dominated by the government\u2019s efforts on the economic and security front of the country over the last one year.<\/p>\n<p>Job creation and measures in reducing youth unemployment are also among key expectation of Ghanaians as the Agric minister\u2019s claim that over 745,000 jobs have been created through the government\u2019s Planting for Food and jobs project have been greeted with doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday, Dr. Boakye said the Ghanaian economy is yet to stabilize despite positive efforts by the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regards to stability\u2026.the economy has improved. The rate of the GDP growth was low but it has improved. The economy is not so strong\u2026we are trying to stabilize it. Governments should stop blaming previous governments for state of the economy. I don\u2019t like the blame games. In banking, politicians blame and take credit for things happening. I don\u2019t see why politicians blame other politicians for what happens in banking\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Boakye also noted that Ghanaians do not appear to feel the impact of oil in the economy because the benefit goes to foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 70% of the oil revenue goes to foreigners and as a results the revenue doesn\u2019t reflect in the pockets of the ordinary Ghanaian\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\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>General News of Friday, 9 February 2018 Source: ghanaguardian.com 2018-02-09 President Akufo-Addo (Second from right) with his predecessors Dr. Saeed Boakye, a Senior Research Analyst with the Institute of Fiscal Studies, has asked the Akufo-Addo government to stop faulting its predecessors for the economic woes of the country. 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