{"id":1176712,"date":"2022-08-13T12:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T12:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/13\/ghana-beyond-aid-in-need-of-more-aid-bokpin\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T12:40:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T12:40:04","slug":"ghana-beyond-aid-in-need-of-more-aid-bokpin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/13\/ghana-beyond-aid-in-need-of-more-aid-bokpin\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ghana Beyond Aid&#8217; in need of more aid &#8211; Bokpin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"'Ghana Beyond Aid' in need of more aid - Bokpin\" title=\"'Ghana Beyond Aid' in need of more aid - Bokpin\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>President Akufo-Addo has, since he was sworn into office, pledged to rid the country of the need for hand-outs.<\/p>\n<p>He touted his administration as one that will vigorously institute home-grown measures to ensure that country is self-sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>In this light, the \u2018Ghana Beyond Aid\u2019 mantra was birthed by the Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dfOwgu2pVUk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018Ghana Beyond Aid\u2019 in need of more aid \u2013 Bokpin\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dfOwgu2pVUk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, an economist at the University of Ghana believes the essence of the slogan is lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana beyond aid is already beyond us. Of course, we knew from Day 1 that Ghana Beyond Aid was not anti-aid of aid rejection. It is actually in need of more aid,\u201d he said on <strong>JoyNews<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>Prof Godfred Bokpin is of the view that, this commitment is out of Ghana\u2019s reach as the country battles for a lifeline in a desperate request for an economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"q3KESe7lXls\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poor economic ratings reflects reality on the ground \u2013 Theo Aheampong\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q3KESe7lXls?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The lecturer was speaking on Newsfile on Saturday, August 13, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, we have not been able to collect sufficient tax revenue relative to the size of our economy. That\u2019s a big problem. While that is a problem, we have been largely inefficient at the expenditure side also,\u201d he told Samson Lardy Anyenini.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"loCF-bjkocQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The fundamentals of the economy are deteriorating - Bokpin\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/loCF-bjkocQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He suggested that blocking such leakages in the revenue collection regime is one sure way of mitigating the country\u2019s financial woes.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has, since he was sworn into office, pledged to rid the country of the need for hand-outs. He touted his administration as one that will vigorously institute home-grown measures to ensure that country is self-sufficient. In this light, the \u2018Ghana Beyond Aid\u2019 mantra was birthed by the Akufo-Addo. However, an economist at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1176716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[2152,13734,85],"class_list":["post-1176712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-aid","tag-bokpin","tag-ghana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176712","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=1176712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}