{"id":1141635,"date":"2022-07-04T16:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T16:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/04\/just-in-imf-representative-in-ghana-finally-speaks-on-akufo-addos-decision-to-go-for-bailout\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T16:02:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T16:02:57","slug":"just-in-imf-representative-in-ghana-finally-speaks-on-akufo-addos-decision-to-go-for-bailout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/04\/just-in-imf-representative-in-ghana-finally-speaks-on-akufo-addos-decision-to-go-for-bailout\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: IMF Representative In Ghana Finally Speaks On Akufo Addo\u2019s Decision To Go For Bailout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bb6ea27f0316445ab75afc97ab095daf\"\/>Dr.Albert Touna-Mama, the IMF&#8217;s Ghana Country Representative, has declared that the Fund is ready to assist Ghana in reestablishing macroeconomic equilibrium.<\/p>\n<p>According to a tweet from the IMF, &#8220;The IMF stands ready to support Ghana in restoring macroeconomics stability, safeguarding debt sustainability, and prompting inclusive and sustainable growth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian officials have contacted the Fund to request assistance with the country&#8217;s own economic plan, which we can confirm. The representative of the county added.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the country&#8217;s economic difficulties, the government plans to begin discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a bailout.<\/p>\n<p>The Information Ministry published a statement on Friday, July 1, 2022, announcing this.<\/p>\n<p>the IMF has been invited to support the Ghanaian government&#8217;s economic policy after being authorized to do so by President Nanaddo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has begun formal negotiations with the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-phone Addo&#8217;s discussion with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgievs &#8220;conveyed the Ghana&#8217;s decision to engage with the Fund,&#8221; according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the NPP government&#8217;s stance on similar IMF bailouts during the previous Mahama administration, this has surprised many.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time that the administration has hinted that it might need an IMF bailout because of economic mismanagement; it&#8217;s just the second time that it has done so.<\/p>\n<p>It is, however, contrary to the position of Finance Minister Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Finance Minister refuted claims that the administration was looking to return to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for program support and bailouts.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Devarsh_Arena (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAkufo<br \/>\nFund<br \/>\nGhana<br \/>\nIMF<br \/>\nInternational Monetary Fund<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr.Albert Touna-Mama, the IMF&#8217;s Ghana Country Representative, has declared that the Fund is ready to assist Ghana in reestablishing macroeconomic equilibrium. According to a tweet from the IMF, &#8220;The IMF stands ready to support Ghana in restoring macroeconomics stability, safeguarding debt sustainability, and prompting inclusive and sustainable growth&#8221;. Ghanaian officials have contacted the Fund to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1141636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3331,544,4832,2277,322,85,3074,4357,746],"class_list":["post-1141635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-addos","tag-akufo","tag-bailout","tag-decision","tag-finally","tag-ghana","tag-imf","tag-representative","tag-speaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}