{"id":1204445,"date":"2022-09-14T17:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/well-know-the-true-imf-verdict-on-ghanas-economy-if-npp-leaves-office-manteaw\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T17:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:31:04","slug":"well-know-the-true-imf-verdict-on-ghanas-economy-if-npp-leaves-office-manteaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/well-know-the-true-imf-verdict-on-ghanas-economy-if-npp-leaves-office-manteaw\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll know the true IMF verdict on Ghana&#8217;s economy if NPP leaves office &#8211; Manteaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"487\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Dr Manteaw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dr-Manteaw-696x487.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"487\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dr-Manteaw-696x487.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Dr Manteaw\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Steve Manteaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Civil Society activist in Ghana, Dr Steve Manteaw appears not to be enthused by the comment of the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\u00a0Kristalina Georgina to the effect that Ghana\u2019s economic challenges are not due to bad policies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IMF boss attributed Ghana\u2019s prevailing weak economic conditions to shocks from the Covid pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very good meeting with President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAkufoAddo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NAkufoAddo<\/a> of Ghana \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded on how we can work together to address current challenges and ensure the country realizes its tremendous potential. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GCA2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GCA2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCAdaptation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GCAdaptation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IMFNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IMFNews<\/a> stands with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Africa?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Africa<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0W07nTFwPc\">pic.twitter.com\/0W07nTFwPc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristalina Georgieva (@KGeorgieva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KGeorgieva\/status\/1566835561561788423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to her, shocks from the two unforeseen factors have heavily impacted the economy and are to be blamed for the country\u2019s woes and not \u201cbad policies\u201d said to be implemented by the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike everybody on this planet you have been hurt by exogenous shocks. First the pandemic, then Russia-Ukraine. And then the we need to realise is not because of bad policies in the country, but because of this combination of shocks,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>But in a Facebook post, Dr Manteaw said\u00a0 \u201cLet\u2019s wait till the NPP leaves office, and we will hear the true IMF verdict on the government\u2019s management of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who have followed the IMF and the World Bank for sometime now, know what I\u2019m talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" width=\"500\" height=\"188\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fmanteawsteve%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02wLpHSnKEfm2qKuhfXRKbJjtUQP7uUCuGFvw6cPyydmfCWG9ZwVLLmbCgdPQbg44hl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama also expressed dissenting views on the comments by the IMF Boss.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahama asked her to be factual<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cwhile the norm in international diplomacy of being guarded in what one says is appreciated, comments\u00a0by high ranking officials must be grounded on facts that take into consideration local realities and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incontrovertible fact is that, Ghana is in a mess due to the BAD POLICIES of this government, which have contributed massively to the dire state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational diplomats must consider these facts and not just ignore them; lest they make wrong diagnosis and prescribe inappropriate remedies,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Steve Manteaw Civil Society activist in Ghana, Dr Steve Manteaw appears not to be enthused by the comment of the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\u00a0Kristalina Georgina to the effect that Ghana\u2019s economic challenges are not due to bad policies. 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