Mahama to attend NDC conference on the post-IMF economy

General News on Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-04-02

Former President John Mahama will be, Thursday, April 4, the guest of honor at a public lecture on the theme: "The economy before, during and after the Fund's program International Monetary Fund (IMF) ".

The conference, to be held at Mensvic Hotel in East Legon, Accra, will be addressed by NDC deputy for Bolgatanta Central constituency and financial badyst Isaac Adongo.

It will focus on the theme of "Increasing Budgetary Risks, Financial Crisis and External Vulnerabilities in Ghana: An Overview of the Expanded Credit Facility (ECF) Program and an Overview of the Economy without the International Monetary Fund (IMF)". the program copied to Graphic Online, said.

According to the statement, the conference would be organized by the Coalition for Restoration (CFR), a lobby group affiliated with the National Democratic Congress.

It will be chaired by Mrs. Betty Mold Iddrisu, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and the former President as a guest of honor.

The statement, signed by Mr. Gyasi Mensah, a member of the CFR, explained that "the conference will be a post mortem presentation of Ghana's four-year Expanded Credit Facility (ECF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an overview of the economy after the exit of the IMF. "

Over the years, Mr. Adongo has sufficiently discharged his task in the field "by being one of the most credible and alternative voices in the economy in the face of unilateral positions of the Government on financial and economic issues ".

"It is expected that the conference will provide Hon Adongo with another platform to adequately deal with current issues such as cedi amortization, the issuance of a $ 3 billion Eurobond. dollars, the exit of the IMF and the general situation of the economy after two years of Nana Akufo-Addo and Bawumia. "

"We are convinced that the interest of the Ghanaian taxpayer will be better served if the unknown and hidden facts about our economy are also put forward for a critical badessment alongside what the government wants people to hear.
"We take this opportunity to invite all those who care about the economy to come and listen to the scholar Hon Isaac Adongo to place the economy under a surgical hand," the statement said.