VEEP Townhall: What do you say that Ofori-Atta did not tell Parliament? – IMANI asks Bawumia

General News of Saturday, March 30, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-03-30

Franklin Cudjoe, founding President of IMANI Africa, is skeptical about the significance of the April 3 meeting of Town Hall, held by Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on the economy of the country. Ghana.

In his view, while agreeing that Dr. Bawumia is talking about the economy, he believes that there is nothing fundamentally different from what Dr. Bawumia will say and that what Minister Finanace, Ken Ofori-Atta, will say to Parliament in the week.

Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia is expected to lead a public meeting of the economic management team with stakeholders of the economy on April 3 in Accra.

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, revealed this information during a press briefing in Accra last week.

He said the vice president, who is also the head of the economic management team, will be speaking on the theme "our progress, our status, our future".

He added that the purpose of the public bademblies was to bring the government closer to the citizens and thus enable the state actors to be accountable to people who also have the opportunity to ask questions and contribute to the local and national development process.

However, on March 28, 2019, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ofori-Atta, was brought before Parliament to address the legislators to underscore the achievement by Ghana of the extended credit facility of the International Monetary Fund (IMF ).

His talk also focused on the history of the $ 3 billion Ghanaian euro bond, as well as recent developments in the foreign exchange market and the Ghana cedi.

In response to the series of developments, Franklin Cudjoe believes that City Hall may not be necessary.

"I have supported the view that our vision speaks of the economy and its difficulties. However, can I ask what my friend and Veep, Mr. Bawumia, will say on April 3 of what the Minister of Finance eloquently presented to Parliament yesterday on the state of our economic affairs? ", Did he declare.