{"id":1207692,"date":"2022-09-20T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/20\/support-govt-to-secure-favourable-imf-bailout-kwaku-kwarteng-tells-critics\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T10:33:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:33:42","slug":"support-govt-to-secure-favourable-imf-bailout-kwaku-kwarteng-tells-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/20\/support-govt-to-secure-favourable-imf-bailout-kwaku-kwarteng-tells-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Gov\u2019t To Secure Favourable IMF Bailout \u2013 Kwaku Kwarteng Tells Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/502ebb45ec4d4fa4b6bb2b10d9171070\" alt=\"Kwaku Kwarteng, Biography\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Chairman of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Kweku Kwarteng has asked critics and members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to support the government in its quest to seek a favourable economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">He says the debates on the robustness or otherwise of the Ghanaian economy is immaterial at this point as the country engages the IMF for the support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Speaking on last Monday\u2019s edition of the \u2018Eyewitness News\u2019 on Citi FM, Mr Kwarteng says critics should rather focus on coming out with suggestions that will make Ghana not return to the IMF ever again in its life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">\u201cWhy are we preoccupied with this? What kind of discussions do we want to have about the economy right now?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">\u201cI believe that our economy has been challenged but as we grow, we should learn and begin to have discussions that will make this 17th appearance, the last one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">\u201cWhy can\u2019t we put those fundamental issues taking us to the IMF on the table? Why turn the debate into a blame game?\u00a0 Let\u2019s correct things and focus on having helpful debates\u201d, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">The government of Ghana is expecting to secure some $3 billion from the IMF to resuscitate its ailing economy which has resulted in rising cost of living, rapid depreciation of the country\u2019s currency and skyrocketing inflation rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: OPolitics (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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