{"id":124677,"date":"2023-11-28T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/ghana-is-broke-government-must-cut-down-on-waste-luxurious-lifestyle-jackson\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:24:26","slug":"ghana-is-broke-government-must-cut-down-on-waste-luxurious-lifestyle-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/ghana-is-broke-government-must-cut-down-on-waste-luxurious-lifestyle-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana is broke, government must cut down on waste, luxurious lifestyle \u2013 Jackson \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Financial Analyst, Joe Jackson, on November 28, 2021, described Ghana as a broke country.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, asked Ghanaians to brace up for tough economic times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor anyone who thinks life is going to be easy, it is going to be a tough time. Ghana is so broke, the government must cut down on the luxurious lifestyle because it doesn\u2019t send the right signals, and at this time, the right perception must be created by the actions of government\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>A Financial Analyst, Joe Jackson, said the government must show commitment to the fight against corruption and identify the leakages and waste that cause the country to lose revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the host of Sunrise Morning on 3fm 92.7 Alfred Ocansey, Joe Jackson cautioned that government is broke and needs money, but that must not continuously increase the hardship and burden of the Ghanaian \u201cRight now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jackson believes government must focus on making borrowing \u201cas painless as it can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor anyone who thinks life is going to be easy, it is going to be a tough time. Ghana is so broke, government must cut down on the luxurious lifestyle because it doesn\u2019t send the right signals and at this time, the right perception must be created by the actions of government\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>On corruption, Joe Jackson says corrupt officials must be punished to serve as a deterrent to other officials who have in mind to misuse state resources for their personal gain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe corruption and waste in government must be something that government must show the will and the commitment to address, else there is no point government coming back to us to pay more in taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook we are being burdened with the increasing taxes and all we see is the lack of commitment to cut down on the waste in the system, this cannot continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that Ghana would have to continue borrowing to keep the economy afloat, and the borrowing would have to be offset by revenue from taxes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Analyst, Joe Jackson, on November 28, 2021, described Ghana as a broke country. 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