{"id":57159,"date":"2023-04-12T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/12\/imf-deal-with-ghana-will-come-with-pains-but-we-hope-there-will-be-a-reward-ugbs-professor\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:24:51","slug":"imf-deal-with-ghana-will-come-with-pains-but-we-hope-there-will-be-a-reward-ugbs-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/12\/imf-deal-with-ghana-will-come-with-pains-but-we-hope-there-will-be-a-reward-ugbs-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF deal with Ghana will come with pains but we hope there will be a reward &#8211; UGBS Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\"  alt=\"\" title=\"IMF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMF.webp\" data- class=\"entry-thumb lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMF.webp\"   alt=\"\" title=\"IMF\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The deal that Ghana is seeking with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will certainly come along with pains, a professor at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) Lord Mensah has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, he expressed hope that there would be rewards after the pain.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Big Issue on TV3 Wednesday, April 12, Prof Mensah said \u201cIt is quite a complex situation looking at what is happening and the conditions that have been given to Ghana, contingent on the debt restructuring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will come with pains but we will take the pain and we hope there will be a reward to that pain,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Mensah further told the government to stop giving timelines relative to the deal.<\/p>\n<p>He said when timelines are given and failed, it creates uncertainties and doubts in the minds of the people.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that the government should rather focus on the process to get the deal sealed.<\/p>\n<p>It is recalled that\u00a0President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u00a0assured that Ghana was going to secure a deal with the Fund by end of March. However, that timeline failed.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta\u00a0also stated that the local economy would fail if the deal was not closed by March.<\/p>\n<p>But the lecturer said \u201cStop giving timelines because you create chaos and uncertainties in the minds of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMF The deal that Ghana is seeking with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will certainly come along with pains, a professor at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) Lord Mensah has said. However, he expressed hope that there would be rewards after the pain. 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