{"id":1265007,"date":"2022-12-14T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/14\/its-premature-to-jubilate-minority-tells-govt-over-imf-deal-audio\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T11:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:30:02","slug":"its-premature-to-jubilate-minority-tells-govt-over-imf-deal-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/14\/its-premature-to-jubilate-minority-tells-govt-over-imf-deal-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s premature to jubilate &#8211; Minority tells govt over IMF deal [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1671017402_677_WhatsApp-Image-2022-12-05-at-14.41.50-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Minority in parliament\"\/><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1401929977&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Minority Caucus has urged caution in the deal between the government of Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying it\u2019s premature for government to be happy over the $3 billion support.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Parliament, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, said goverment should not be happy over the staff-level agreement but should wait for the Board\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority insists Ghana\u2019s debt was still not sustainable and the debt exchange program was also near collapse as many were refusing to sign on due to its bad nature.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>On the economic hardship the citizens are suffering from, Mr Iddrisu thinks the government was not doing enough to help the people from the excruciating pain they were going through.<\/p>\n<p>An IMF team led by Mr St\u00e9phane Roudet, Mission Chief for Ghana, visited Accra between December 1 \u2013 13, 2022, to discuss with the Ghanaian authorities IMF\u2019s support for their policy and reform plans.<\/p>\n<p>At a joint news conference with the IMF team in Ghana on Tuesday the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta expressed appreciation to the monetary body.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement to him was historic, considering the time frame and hard work put in place over the past five months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your accusations hurt us \u2013 Minority to Ghanaians<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>To God be the glory \u2013 Ofori-Atta says as IMF announces deal [Listen]<\/h3>\n<p>The Mission Chief, St\u00e9phane Roudet, who led the IMF delegation, stated that Ghanaian authorities have committed to wide-ranging economic reforms to make the programme successful.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Roudet, however, noted sufficient assurances are still needed in some areas, particularly on debt restructuring, to get the Management and Executive Board to approve the programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audio attached above:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"iL6UGm_BHAY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clampdown on R0bbers: IGP promotes police officer shot by during special operation (13-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iL6UGm_BHAY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority Caucus has urged caution in the deal between the government of Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying it\u2019s premature for government to be happy over the $3 billion support. 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