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African finance Ministers demand review of IMF conditions

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  • KWEKU 9 years ago

    If the various governments are able to do thier best to curtail corruption they will not even be a case where nations will go an borrow for development. The finance ministers should be ashamed of themselves and the government ...
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  • TWEAA 9 years ago

    WHEN THE MONEY(S) GIVEN BY IMF ARE USED TO CREATE, LOOT, AND SHARE BY AFRICAN COUNTRIES (ESPECIALLY GHANA NDC GOVERNMENT) INSTEAD OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND YOU WANT A REVIEW OF CONDITIONS EH! THE IMF SHOULD RATHER TIGHTEN ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

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    NIA should not abuse the intelligence of Ghanaians. They should back off the proposed exercise. Elsewhere, parliament will be summoning the NIA boss to answer questions on the floor. But what do we see in ...
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  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

    Isn't this a testimony that African countries have lost their right and freedom to determine and control their own affairs? It is pitiful indeed!
    Nkrumah must be wailing in his grave.

  • GIRLS SP 9 years ago

    The corrupt African Finance Ministers must stop their greed and corruption and rather manage their own affaris well instead of calling on the International Monetary Fund(IMF)to review its lending conditions in line with the c ...
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  • Lord Tennison 9 years ago

    Leave the Fund alone.The Fund does not compel any country to seek financial help albeit it is obliged to assist member states.
    The cogent reasons Africa is sitting on tremendous natural resources,which are being siphoned on ...
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  • ICONIC-07 9 years ago

    BAWUMIA AND AKUFO ADDO HAVE LIED AND LIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND HAPPY TO SEE GHANAIANS SUFFER SO THAT AKUFO ADDO WOULD BE WELL POSITIONED TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY.

    IF AKUF ADDO IS NOT SO DESPERATE TO BECOME PRESI ...
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  • CRAZY N WILD 9 years ago

    A good example of the African focus deficiency - brains studded with nonsense and wandering in irregular course or direction deviating from reality.

  • kaketonti 9 years ago

    Though the IMF has a long hand it would be fair should all KICK-BACKS,percentages etc taken by our leaders are placed in our banks.Instead these stolen money are kept outside the country.Then the very thieves run to beg for l ...
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  • Tuffour Agyemang 9 years ago

    Oh how petty these finance ministers sound! Why can't you realize that the corrupt practices of the various African countries are the cause of the Continents demise? No nation is obliged to borrow from them.{IMF/WORLD BANK]Wh ...
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  • Mankind 9 years ago

    You take any stupid conditions because you are idiots!! No brain bastards!!!!

  • Ghfuo: hang nyantakyi! 9 years ago

    Stupid African imf beggar nations. Have you forgotten that you are now at the mercy of imf and that you can't dictate to imf. They dictate to you! How can a beggar make demands....like "I only take cedi notes, no coins"!

  • Canada man 9 years ago

    Look even the head of the IMF does not have a land cruiser you poor African ministers have two three land cruisers and ten guards in your houses. Mahama has Multiple wife's and over 12 kids. When an African president is tr ...
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  • GABA 9 years ago

    Africans are just too filthy and dirty. If you learn how to stay clean, wash your hands Ebola will be controlled. Reduce the money spent on buying Mercedes and use that for Ebola control. Why should every issue be the whitem ...
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  • KK-K 9 years ago

    Are these non-performing ministers not ashamed of themselves? It is a very sad thing that nations extremely rich with precious natural resources will always go begging for loan. Why because they are unable to use their brain ...
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  • Sekpe 9 years ago

    What prevents AFRICAN Union and AFRICAN finance ministers from setting up african failed governments bank? Then they pump the money into failed governments like NDC in Ghana, Somalia, etc. When will these failed human beings ...
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  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 9 years ago

    Why at all go to the IMF for financial help when you know the conditions attached to their loans are inimical to the development of african countries?Why not strengthen the African Development Bank for it to play the role the ...
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  • EZEKIEL 9 years ago

    The minister FAILED to say what CORRUPTION IS DOING to the SAME African Countries'development Programmes!
    Put your House IN ORDER then you can approach IMF on conditionalities!!!!!

  • Efia 9 years ago

    "The meeting has brought together several big shots from across Africa"

    Journalists are part of the reason ministers feel like the are above the rest. They are public SERVANTS!!!! Stop it already and start holding them acc ...
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