John Mahama Sends Simple Facebook Message To IMF Chief Over State Of Ghana’s Economy

Months ago the government of Ghana started negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for bailout for Ghana. This came as a result of the state of the economy which was almost running into a ditch. The Akufo-Addo government had earlier resisted all calls to go to the IMF but later kowtowed to pressure and sought help.

Well, Kristina Grigoreva, the IMF has stated the financial institution’s decision to support Ghana. According to the IMF they know that Ghana has been hit by external factors and this has badly affected the state of the economy. However, former President John Mahama isn’t all that pleased with the reasons the IMF are giving in order to help the country.

According to John Mahama, it is a step in the right decision for the IMF to assist the country but this help must be done knowing what exactly cased the economy to be run into the ditch. John Mahama in a post today, Thursday, September 8, 2022 on his Facebook page noted that the bad decisions of the Akufo-Addo administration should be held accountable for the way the economy has become.

John Mahama boldly told all foreign diplomats that they must consider the bad policies of the government and not ignore them or else they might end up providing the wrong remedies to try and save the country. According to John Mahama some of the bad decisions the government made include forcefully closing local banks, misappropriating Covid-19 funds, high levels of corruption, conflict of interest among other issues.

John Mahama called on the IMF Director, Kristina Gregoriva to get to the grassroots and find the real cause of what happened to the Ghanaian economy instead of listening to what the government communicators are throwing around. Interestingly, government has never admitted that they are part of the cause of the state of the economy.

The president has acknowledged that the economy is in a bad state but never accepted responsibility for it. Bawumia mentioned that the real causes of the bad state of the economy are the external causes of Covid-19 and the Russian-Ukraine war as well as the bad decisions of the erstwhile John Mahama administration.

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