Dr. Bawumia and the Economic Management Team (EMT) hold Maiden THM tomorrow | General news

Everything is planned for Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and Ghana's Economic Management Team (EMT) to hold the Town Hall Meeting (THM) in Ghana. Before the meeting, many Ghanaians expressed their views, much to the satisfaction of the government's decision and describing it as a novelty beneficial to the country's progress.

The information gathered by Peacefmonline.com indicates that Ghanaians will be asking questions about import duties, the exchange rate, energy, the economy in general, and government flagship projects.

Here again, there is great hope that the vice president, known as the champion of the digital revolution in Ghana, explains in more detail why and how he intends, with his government, to make Ghana the digital hub of the country. -West Africa region. Ghanaians believe that if the government is able to solve the high import tariffs and currency market repercussions, it will crown the efforts it has made to restore the economic mess they inherited. in 2016.

The meeting of the town hall will take place Wednesday, April 3, 2019 in the room of doctors and surgeons in Accra. The Economic Management Team (EMT) is a body set up by various governments, at least at the time of President Kuffour, and usually chaired by the Vice President of Site Selection to lead the affairs of the economy.

Under this regime, President Akufo-Addo set up, in February 2017, the nine-member TGE chaired by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and chaired by Yaw Osafo Marfo. The other members are Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta (Minister of Finance), Mr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto (Minister of Agriculture), the Hon. John Peter Amewu (Minister of Energy), Prof. George Gyan Baffour (Minister of Planning), Hon. John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen (Minister of Commerce and Industry), Anthony Akoto-Osei (Minister of Control and Evaluation) and Professor Joe Amoako-Tuffour (Secretary).

According to the members of the economic management team, they meet weekly (on Tuesday) and invite various government agencies, the private sector and various stakeholders to deliver fruitful speeches shaping the government's economic policies.

"Until now, there is no doubt that the efforts of the EMT have made it possible to clearly define the government's policies and have made it possible to cross the economic milestones of President Akufo-Addo's government," he said. the secretary of the EMT, Joe Amoako-Tuffour.

According to some members of the EMT, the plenary is part of President Akufo-Addo's broader mandate to improve inclusive governance and bottom-up decision-making.

Spokesperson for Vice President Dr Gideon Boako, who is also a member of the EMT Secretariat, said the open discussion session would consist mainly of questions and answers allowing the Ghanaian people to voice and participate in government decision-making processes. .