We are working hard to get more funding from the IMF, World Bank and others - Ato Forson

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JANKROMAH 11 months ago

Uncle Ato, more IMF loans won't help......

Talk to the NIGERiens, they have been able to pay off their loans.

Also call Prof. Steve Hanke and HUMBLY ask for his take.

MODESTY and HUMILITY will take you far......

Uncle Ato, more IMF loans won't help......

Talk to the NIGERiens, they have been able to pay off their loans.

Also call Prof. Steve Hanke and HUMBLY ask for his take.

MODESTY and HUMILITY will take you far......
Freewill 11 months ago

Ghana will never attains economic independence as long as we continue running to the imf n de world bank. POOR START!

Ghana will never attains economic independence as long as we continue running to the imf n de world bank. POOR START!
A CONCERN CITIZEN 11 months ago

Really poor start

Really poor start
Simeon London 11 months ago

What were you expecting? Lol!

Agenda same same same! The simplest word to describe the NDC is "Clueless"!

What were you expecting? Lol!

Agenda same same same! The simplest word to describe the NDC is "Clueless"!
Kweku 11 months ago

This person just wrote what I ran here to write.

I THINK WE SHOULD CONSULT THAT PROF HANKE. He has been hinting for a looooonnnngggg time.

This person just wrote what I ran here to write.

I THINK WE SHOULD CONSULT THAT PROF HANKE. He has been hinting for a looooonnnngggg time.
Big joe 11 months ago

Foolish boy when in opposition you said the government of the day was borrowing too much,see within one week see what you are saying

Foolish boy when in opposition you said the government of the day was borrowing too much,see within one week see what you are saying
Kwame Ghana 11 months ago

@Big Joe, I shock self. Right now, borrowing is normal for Ato Forson.

@Big Joe, I shock self. Right now, borrowing is normal for Ato Forson.
AKASH 11 months ago

We're they not the same people who told you to go to IMF early and you claim you are a proud nation. Think twice. It was the arrogance of the erstwhile Addo government that brought us here.

We're they not the same people who told you to go to IMF early and you claim you are a proud nation. Think twice. It was the arrogance of the erstwhile Addo government that brought us here.
judu k. 11 months ago

Hahahaha masr3 ata pii

Hahahaha masr3 ata pii
Truth 11 months ago

Thank you. Now he will feel the heat. NDC used propaganda to win election but now reality is facing them. Not more loans. Govern as you promised. Idiot Ato Forson.

Thank you. Now he will feel the heat. NDC used propaganda to win election but now reality is facing them. Not more loans. Govern as you promised. Idiot Ato Forson.

OSABARIMA MENSA 11 months ago

Ofui, you want to cancel betting tax, gyimii saa!

Ofui, you want to cancel betting tax, gyimii saa!
Hannan 11 months ago

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Mr Jon Reset 11 months ago

This man cannot be serious. More funding from IMF,World Bank?More debt for the country when hitherto you had complained about the consequences of Ghana's high indebtedness?Reset indeed. Over to Ghanaians

This man cannot be serious. More funding from IMF,World Bank?More debt for the country when hitherto you had complained about the consequences of Ghana's high indebtedness?Reset indeed. Over to Ghanaians
Non-Aligned 11 months ago

Same old, same old rubbish!!!! When are we going to curtail the dependency on this IMF? It doesn't help us in any shape or form, just debt after debt! Why?
When are we ever going to be innovative in generating funds from our ...
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Same old, same old rubbish!!!! When are we going to curtail the dependency on this IMF? It doesn't help us in any shape or form, just debt after debt! Why?
When are we ever going to be innovative in generating funds from our numerous rich natural resources??? Why? Just going round in circles!!
Ghanaman 11 months ago

They will borrow and share and will suffer Ghana

They will borrow and share and will suffer Ghana
Mr Jon Reset 11 months ago

Forget IMF,World Bank. Look within.Widen the tax net to include artisans.ie masons,carpenters,plumbers,painters, electricians,wielder,fitters etc.These group don't pay taxes on their earnings. Register all of them and give th ...
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Forget IMF,World Bank. Look within.Widen the tax net to include artisans.ie masons,carpenters,plumbers,painters, electricians,wielder,fitters etc.These group don't pay taxes on their earnings. Register all of them and give them licences to operate.Make it mandatory. Start off by letting them pay a small yearly income tax.Let the district assemblies be responsible for that. Try that and see
Kwame 11 months ago

Think out of the box, please. The old stuff failed n you are going the same path.

Think out of the box, please. The old stuff failed n you are going the same path.
John 11 months ago

Dangerous venture for a new government who campaigned on taxes

Dangerous venture for a new government who campaigned on taxes
Mark 11 months ago

So is there not brains apart from these IMF thing? Or is it a curse? Country is a home not a business center: which of them loans to run their families or homes?

So is there not brains apart from these IMF thing? Or is it a curse? Country is a home not a business center: which of them loans to run their families or homes?
Abokoma 11 months ago

He is inexperience,and getting that position will make him take any decision to survive,finally Ghana will suffer.He should have been deputy minister instead.

He is inexperience,and getting that position will make him take any decision to survive,finally Ghana will suffer.He should have been deputy minister instead.

Otubuah 11 months ago

There they go again, they also claim they have to go to the IMF, the World Bank and so we remain in the clutches of the imperialists and have to live with their conditionalities which stagnates our every move to advance an ...
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There they go again, they also claim they have to go to the IMF, the World Bank and so we remain in the clutches of the imperialists and have to live with their conditionalities which stagnates our every move to advance and develop. Not impressive
NEW MANDATE FOR PRESIDENT JOHN MAHAMA 11 months ago

Free corporate taxes for 6 years for all
foreign legitimate business investors in Ghana.

Visa free for all USA, Canada, UK, Europe investors and its citizens visiting Ghana.

Increase all factory working hours to 16 ...
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Free corporate taxes for 6 years for all
foreign legitimate business investors in Ghana.

Visa free for all USA, Canada, UK, Europe investors and its citizens visiting Ghana.

Increase all factory working hours to 16 hours per day, like China and India to boost GDP growth.

More bilateral trade with all African countries, UK, USA, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Help grow our population to 100 million by 2065 to boost Ghana's GDP.

God Bless our Homeland, Ghana. God bless, John Mahama.
Biggy 11 months ago

Ei NDC...Over reliance on these Western Clubs will not take us anywhere. They are only support to our efforts. Let us have more creative and 'outside the box' mindset of doing things differently. Let us look within ourselv ...
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Ei NDC...Over reliance on these Western Clubs will not take us anywhere. They are only support to our efforts. Let us have more creative and 'outside the box' mindset of doing things differently. Let us look within ourselves and see how we can solve our problems. Donot forget we have been depending on them since Dr Nkrumah's time.
Kobby 11 months ago

THE CYCLE CONTINUES UNABATED!!! SO BRA.ATO,YOU COULDN'T POLISH YOUR PRACTICAL ECONOMICS WHILST WAITING ON THE TOUCHLINE???!!!

THE CYCLE CONTINUES UNABATED!!! SO BRA.ATO,YOU COULDN'T POLISH YOUR PRACTICAL ECONOMICS WHILST WAITING ON THE TOUCHLINE???!!!
Ahoto 11 months ago

Try to work hard to find money in Ghana. This imf and others are not helping africa. No White man will help africa so please try to stop that now before is too late.

Try to work hard to find money in Ghana. This imf and others are not helping africa. No White man will help africa so please try to stop that now before is too late.
John Mutungi 11 months ago

Dr. You don't need imf...use you own currency cede well...MMT
JOHNKMATINGA@GMAIL.COM

Dr. You don't need imf...use you own currency cede well...MMT
JOHNKMATINGA@GMAIL.COM
A CONCERN CITIZEN 11 months ago

You are disappointing me Ato Forson. Cant we turn ourselves around, find funding within Ghana than going to the IMF or the world bank. Cant we be financial independent since we have gold, oil etc? It really breaks my heart to ...
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You are disappointing me Ato Forson. Cant we turn ourselves around, find funding within Ghana than going to the IMF or the world bank. Cant we be financial independent since we have gold, oil etc? It really breaks my heart to hear this and the IMF or the World Bank is going to ask you to lay our workers redundant then you agree to it. WHY??????
Beca 11 months ago

Gold, oil etc have been used as collateral for loans already by NPP including e-levy and many more

Gold, oil etc have been used as collateral for loans already by NPP including e-levy and many more
Fools with short memory will vote the ndc. 11 months ago

Look at them,primitive bitter people.Hypocrites

Look at them,primitive bitter people.Hypocrites
Abrewapunyagna 11 months ago

IMF??? Oh ye Wa!!! When it’s coming, it’s doing!!! NPP was at IMF and you and your NDC cohorts cried foul. Now, you NDC too? You just made unnecessary ugly noises when you knew the truth and the masses swallowed it for yo ...
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IMF??? Oh ye Wa!!! When it’s coming, it’s doing!!! NPP was at IMF and you and your NDC cohorts cried foul. Now, you NDC too? You just made unnecessary ugly noises when you knew the truth and the masses swallowed it for your benefit. Now as a finance minister, you are also running to the same evil place for you to be saved. Incompetence at its best!!

Andy 11 months ago

I've always told Ghanaians that NDC do not have any good policies to offer.

I've always told Ghanaians that NDC do not have any good policies to offer.
Solomon 11 months ago

Interesting days ahead.

Interesting days ahead.
Dennis 11 months ago

Ooo daabi, borrowing to run a country is the most laziest and incompet*nt approach with our leaders considering all the credentials u politicians have obtained. Why? So u can't meet the SMEs, work with the agricultural minist ...
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Ooo daabi, borrowing to run a country is the most laziest and incompet*nt approach with our leaders considering all the credentials u politicians have obtained. Why? So u can't meet the SMEs, work with the agricultural ministry to transform the agric sector to generate money, engage in massive housing projects to make money out of rent whiles u solve the housing deficit problems we have and then create an integrated system to include all like the artisans and the rest to pay tax than to be always relying on IMF. With all your plenty PHDs me the SHS certificate holder should tell u this? Then we are a Bad Nation.
KOFI NKRANPAN 11 months ago

Want more money to steal ? It's way too early,Ato.!!!

Want more money to steal ? It's way too early,Ato.!!!
Victor Ashong 11 months ago

Why we keep on borrowing from IMF all the time and keeping the cedi down as compared to the dollar.
All the economics we have in Ghana couldn't come out with a well planned economic agenda to minimize the borrowing,
The las ...
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Why we keep on borrowing from IMF all the time and keeping the cedi down as compared to the dollar.
All the economics we have in Ghana couldn't come out with a well planned economic agenda to minimize the borrowing,
The last report on remittance is over 4 billion US dollars coming from Ghanaians, cocoa export, gold and diamonds export, timber, aluminum ore and the rest of the minerals Ghana export, can't you the economics do something about it.
Ghana has what it takes to stand on our own when it comes to foreign exchange earnings.
Genesis 11 months ago

I can't believe what I'm hearing, why borrow more? This NDC government might be worse than the NPP - they lied to Ghanaians to get power

I can't believe what I'm hearing, why borrow more? This NDC government might be worse than the NPP - they lied to Ghanaians to get power
Pouv 11 months ago

Both sides of the same coin. With this type of borrow and spend culture firmly ingrained in both parties, seriously, it's a hopeless mess

Both sides of the same coin. With this type of borrow and spend culture firmly ingrained in both parties, seriously, it's a hopeless mess
Truth 11 months ago

Getting more funding?. You guys were shouting that NPP have contracted more loans, and the first thing you are thinking of is getting a loan. Is this not stupidity?. Ato, where is your bragging that you knows how to get REVEN ...
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Getting more funding?. You guys were shouting that NPP have contracted more loans, and the first thing you are thinking of is getting a loan. Is this not stupidity?. Ato, where is your bragging that you knows how to get REVENUE and NPP is not good at that. You see where propaganda and stupidity have landed you and your NDC.
Kunta 11 months ago

Uncle Ato after all your so called Oxford and KNUST masters cum PhD training and hitting hard at NPP for excessive borrowing the same is what you have also started with?

Then why criticize Ken for borrowing too much? We al ...
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Uncle Ato after all your so called Oxford and KNUST masters cum PhD training and hitting hard at NPP for excessive borrowing the same is what you have also started with?

Then why criticize Ken for borrowing too much? We all thought you guys are our Messiahs to stop this borrowing and get Ghana working again. You have not even been vetted and you are already telling us you go a borrowing.. Hmm I can't tell what will happen in a year's time.

The same happened on the very day of the swearing in when Jinapor deceived us that we have only 5 hours of crude left. We are 48 hours from that time and still no Dumsor. Were they trying to run a fast one over us? I just don't get it.
Kunta 11 months ago

I thought we said Ken and past government were contracting more loans which we couldn't afford to settle.

If it was a matter of getting more loans then we didn't need to change the NPP.

Rib is that our reward for puttin ...
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I thought we said Ken and past government were contracting more loans which we couldn't afford to settle.

If it was a matter of getting more loans then we didn't need to change the NPP.

Rib is that our reward for putting you in power? So so loans nkoaa !!!
Amandze 11 months ago

SHAMELESS

SHAMELESS
Mahama 11 months ago

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Interesting times ahead

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Interesting times ahead
Mensa 11 months ago

Really interesting times ahead. Eee! Ghanaian electorate, you no see somtin yet o abi.

Really interesting times ahead. Eee! Ghanaian electorate, you no see somtin yet o abi.
Boye 11 months ago

I ask, is this what Ghana really needs? Hmm Ghana my country
We top the list of gold production in the world yet we still beg to survive.
I remember when MacDan told the Akuffo Addo's government that his company alone can p ...
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I ask, is this what Ghana really needs? Hmm Ghana my country
We top the list of gold production in the world yet we still beg to survive.
I remember when MacDan told the Akuffo Addo's government that his company alone can provide 3billion dollars to the country each and every year so, why not more companies of that sort rather than going back in circles like that of the ex-government
OLDTIMER 11 months ago

Dr Ato Forson another dim witted with the Ken Ofori Atta mindset. More borowing???? When would it get through the skulls of these Finance Ministers that the World Bank,IMF and the Taxpayers of rich western countries can’t f ...
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Dr Ato Forson another dim witted with the Ken Ofori Atta mindset. More borowing???? When would it get through the skulls of these Finance Ministers that the World Bank,IMF and the Taxpayers of rich western countries can’t fix our economy for us??? Tell the citizens the truth. We are broke and caught in an economic quick sand. We should produce everything we consume locally and quit importing food. Our cocoa goes to support the chocolate industry of Europe and America. Rather than listening to IMF to increase production we should go invest in that industry to extract more value in the supply chain, more production would make strategic sense. We should be part of the value added chain!!!
We must focus on cutting energy waste or wasteful energy consumption. We should incentivize local businesses to substitute for imports. No foreigners can come develop our country for us. We should pivot from the elusive dream of FDI except for strategic technologies.
Beggars are like orphans. They have limited options.
So Ato do assume more funding from WB/IMF and donors can fix our economy. Note, you have 48 months !!!
John 11 months ago

You will fail if you go to IMF.reduce duties and make the ports more business friendly. This is what will make Ghanaians enjoy paying taxes

You will fail if you go to IMF.reduce duties and make the ports more business friendly. This is what will make Ghanaians enjoy paying taxes
Andy 11 months ago

Eeeeiiiii ATOOOOO……Eeeiiiii ATOOOOOO…..hmmmm okukuseku onipa ho y3 ho

Eeeeiiiii ATOOOOO……Eeeiiiii ATOOOOOO…..hmmmm okukuseku onipa ho y3 ho
CKA 11 months ago

Hello papa Forson why not run to the BRICS and seek refuge in their soft innovative loans and develop the productive sectors of the economy such as irrigation agriculture for agribusiness. Even onions alone if well cultivated ...
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Hello papa Forson why not run to the BRICS and seek refuge in their soft innovative loans and develop the productive sectors of the economy such as irrigation agriculture for agribusiness. Even onions alone if well cultivated through irrigation alongside rice in the north will bring economic prosperity to Ghana within one year.
Ghanaians are fade up with this IMF thing and they will kick out NDC . CAREFUL, CAREFUL, CAREFUL. THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING ANGRY ALREADY WITH THE WORD IMF- INTERNATIONAL MAFIA AND FROUD organisation.
Tsotsoo 11 months ago

Ato I hope we are not going to create more problems for us.
Already the NPP government has left huge debt so let us be careful. Thank you.

Ato I hope we are not going to create more problems for us.
Already the NPP government has left huge debt so let us be careful. Thank you.
J. Johnson 11 months ago

Dear Minister of Finance, I hope you will see to recover all the commissions the former Minister Ken Ofori Atta illegally took out from the monies borrowed from the IMF then as the Minister of Finance, a serious conflict of i ...
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Dear Minister of Finance, I hope you will see to recover all the commissions the former Minister Ken Ofori Atta illegally took out from the monies borrowed from the IMF then as the Minister of Finance, a serious conflict of interest. Be bold to tackle this issue head on. Also, see to recover all the millions of dollars he illegally gave them to the Akufo Addo’s daughters for nothing.
Pouv 11 months ago

NAH! Just can't work hard, that's not possible. The
World Bank and others, places a paper in front of you and instructs you to sign. That's how it works, you have ZERO bargaining power. Their rules, their terms, its all th ...
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NAH! Just can't work hard, that's not possible. The
World Bank and others, places a paper in front of you and instructs you to sign. That's how it works, you have ZERO bargaining power. Their rules, their terms, its all that matters, little boy, you have no input at all!
Ghanaba 11 months ago

The same old story BORROW why can’t we do some critical thinking to develop policy to generate more money from our soil
Salt cocoa agriculture and reduce dependence on imports

The same old story BORROW why can’t we do some critical thinking to develop policy to generate more money from our soil
Salt cocoa agriculture and reduce dependence on imports
Jack Toronto 11 months ago

Resetting indeed

Resetting indeed

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