IMF bailout: No job cuts – Ghana Gov’t

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ERIC 9 years ago

What kind of argument is this?

Because Ghana has been a "LONG" member of the IMF so jobs cuts are not on the table?

Since when did job cuts as a condition of IMF bailout become conditioned on the age of membership?

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What kind of argument is this?

Because Ghana has been a "LONG" member of the IMF so jobs cuts are not on the table?

Since when did job cuts as a condition of IMF bailout become conditioned on the age of membership?

Where is the evidence?
kofiga 9 years ago

I told a friend this - loss of jobs- won't happen until after elections - and that's what they will request from the IMF. They you are. !!! But wait for the second coming of the SAP - Structural Adjustment Program - after ele ...
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I told a friend this - loss of jobs- won't happen until after elections - and that's what they will request from the IMF. They you are. !!! But wait for the second coming of the SAP - Structural Adjustment Program - after elections. A sad day for Ghana when the government blatantly deceives its citizens.Unfortunately, we can't resist the oppressor's rule.
SARPONG 9 years ago

"It is not on the table as we speak"

So it could become an issue later on? Npp did not tell the developmental partners as you call them to hold on to their money and not tocontribute towards our budget when the world Bank ...
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"It is not on the table as we speak"

So it could become an issue later on? Npp did not tell the developmental partners as you call them to hold on to their money and not tocontribute towards our budget when the world Bank and IMF said our ggovernment salaries consume more than 50 percent(estimates put it btw 60 to 70 percent) and that it has to be reduced. How is the government going to reduce the salary of workers?

Is it going to reduce workers salaries? No a chance in hell when workers are demanding pay increase.

Will the government reduce the workforce? Yes, by not hiring more people to replace retiring workers.

When Mills went to IMF in 2009, that is one of the measures Mills was forced to adopt, freeze hiring more workers. It has been done to this government before but these lying bastards will continue to deceive Ghanaians.

Firing or reducing government workforce is not on the table because Ricketts, is he a Ghanaian don't have a clue what is going on.
Nana Yaw 9 years ago

George K. Ricketts-Hagan

Mfantifuo ne aborofo din, haba,

Does he have any black blood flowing in his veins?

George K. Ricketts-Hagan

Mfantifuo ne aborofo din, haba,

Does he have any black blood flowing in his veins?
Francis C. Quainoo 9 years ago

Hi Sarps, this Rickett guy is being evasive in the extreme, to say the least. It appears he has been caught with his pants down by saying we have been with the IMF for a long time and only wish them to know the home grown pol ...
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Hi Sarps, this Rickett guy is being evasive in the extreme, to say the least. It appears he has been caught with his pants down by saying we have been with the IMF for a long time and only wish them to know the home grown policies we have adopted in Ghana.

You see, these IDIOTS in government think they can always use certain flowery language to put us to bed because we are all as IDIOTS AS THEMSELVES.

The fact of the matter is, they find it difficult to tell the public that 'Charlie, let's face it, we have FAILED BIG TIME and even the fact we are producing OIL FOR EXPORT IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES, we still can't budget things properly".

They have always had the assumption that Christmas comes everyday. But now that they have been proven wrong, they have decided to place GHANA UNDER RECEIVERSHIP.

We have told them over and over again that the Policies they were embarking upon would send the country into BANKRUPTCY, and here we are!!!

They have been badly exposed to the point that our Trading Partners, some of whom had been contributing to our BUDGETS from day one are now FED UP WITH THEM.

AND IT IS MOSTLY TO DO WITH THEIR INCOMPETENCE AND CORRUPTION IN THE HIGHEST ORDER.

My Brother, I have to stop here before my Blood Start to Boil. However, these BRAIN DEAD IDIOTS SHOULD BE SENT TO IRAN FOR THE AYATOLLAHS TO GIVE THEM 79 LASHES OF THE SWINE CANE ON THEIR BARE BUTTOCKS.

However, that may NOT be enough; but rather innocuous. Therefore the people of Ghana should send them the largest message of voting them out in 2016 with a MAJORITY THAT MAY SPELL A DOOM FOR THEM NEVER TO COME BACK AGAIN!!!

WHAT A NATION WRECKERS!!!!

Best Regards,

Francis C. Quainoo
Western Australia
asomasi 9 years ago

Even before IMF talks begin massive layoff of public sector worker has begun. How can the NDC describe the pupil teachers issues. We talk of 30,000 pupil teachers here.

Even before IMF talks begin massive layoff of public sector worker has begun. How can the NDC describe the pupil teachers issues. We talk of 30,000 pupil teachers here.
JAA 9 years ago

This your argument depicts your inadequacies dealing with the Washington Consensus. For your information, once you make yourself subjecting your fiscal state to them for any form of assistance, you open yourself to their econ ...
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This your argument depicts your inadequacies dealing with the Washington Consensus. For your information, once you make yourself subjecting your fiscal state to them for any form of assistance, you open yourself to their economic philosophy, ie deregulation, stifling the trade unions position, etc. Anybody who tells you anything different is deceiving you. Your argument shows that you are naive. Please stop deceiving our precious Ghanaian people.
Michigan, USA 9 years ago

May be stream lining the over bloated work force might not be a bad idea after all. It will help clean up the inefficiencies in the system, especially at the Ministerial level. For a small country the size of Ghana, there see ...
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May be stream lining the over bloated work force might not be a bad idea after all. It will help clean up the inefficiencies in the system, especially at the Ministerial level. For a small country the size of Ghana, there seems to be way too many Ministers of State. Not to mention the ones at the Presidency. Need to cut 50% of them.
Bomfaboy 9 years ago

Why does the NDC have a penchant for lying? Since time immemorial IMF bailout have always come with conditionalities, featuring most often is cuts in government expenditure. In Ghana the area of most government expenditure ar ...
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Why does the NDC have a penchant for lying? Since time immemorial IMF bailout have always come with conditionalities, featuring most often is cuts in government expenditure. In Ghana the area of most government expenditure are 1. Civil service2.education/teachers, Health sectors. They told a big lie or denied, that they were going to the IMF for bailout, when they were organizing the Senchi conference. One of the reasons the NPP did not attend. Now viola, they ran to the IMF. So how can we belief anything NDC say?? What they planned and endorsed at Senchi is what they say they are presenting to the IMF. What they call home grown solutions. We live to see.
Balderash 9 years ago

Why you think the IMF is father chrismas? What is the IMF demanding in return for help? In the end, Ghana loses, the bankers win.

Why you think the IMF is father chrismas? What is the IMF demanding in return for help? In the end, Ghana loses, the bankers win.
CHA 9 years ago

Dont trust NDC - there will be job cuts

Dont trust NDC - there will be job cuts
Mars1 9 years ago

From where I am sitting, I can say with certainty that the IMF has a terrible history about its bailouts. Unfortunately, it seems to be the only economic action they are willing to accept and recommend to borrowers. These r ...
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From where I am sitting, I can say with certainty that the IMF has a terrible history about its bailouts. Unfortunately, it seems to be the only economic action they are willing to accept and recommend to borrowers. These restructuring, a.k.a austerity measures have not worked any where in world economic history and they have never delivered either on their intended results. Governments go to the IMF because they have no other choices. I will strongly recommend ''Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea'' by Mark Blyth. The first victim in IMF-induced restructuring has always been the loss of massive public service jobs. Thus, for anyone to assume that there is no price/cost to pay that the loss of public service jobs will not happen, or that public services will stay intact, has a very short memory even of recent IMF history -- Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland readily come to mind. Let us give the government a chance and hope that the government is right, perhaps they have been given promises by the IMF that include the non-touching of public service jobs or services. That will definitely be a first, because it will be absolutely out of character for the IMF.
Joe 9 years ago

At the end of it all, NPP will tell Ghanaians, we told you so because you do not expect IMF to bail you out without pre-conditions which will include streamlining of the workforce and that will result in lay offs. It has hap ...
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At the end of it all, NPP will tell Ghanaians, we told you so because you do not expect IMF to bail you out without pre-conditions which will include streamlining of the workforce and that will result in lay offs. It has happened with many countries.
Cantankerous 9 years ago

The looting brigade aka IMF has finally arrived on our shores and the looting and stripping of Ghana's assets will begin in ernest all with the connivance of our "leaders" who have no consciences. The hardships awaiting Ghana ...
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The looting brigade aka IMF has finally arrived on our shores and the looting and stripping of Ghana's assets will begin in ernest all with the connivance of our "leaders" who have no consciences. The hardships awaiting Ghanaians will make today's hardships look and feel like heaven.. The giant corporate vultures are already circling overhead.Debt penury and re-enslavement now awaits us.
Joe Turkey 9 years ago

This group started as a gang of illiterate murderers, led by a failed buffoon called Jerry Agbotui Rawlings. As Professor Ansah (of blessed Memory) once advised, Jerry Rawlings and his PNDC should never have been allowed to m ...
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This group started as a gang of illiterate murderers, led by a failed buffoon called Jerry Agbotui Rawlings. As Professor Ansah (of blessed Memory) once advised, Jerry Rawlings and his PNDC should never have been allowed to metamorphose into a political party. They never believed in education (they now send their children to foreign schools), they never believed in freedom of the press (they now own the airwaves), they never believed in free market economy (and yet turn to IMF when they are in trouble, and talk free market economics, pretending as if they know). Where are all those PDCs, WDCs, vigilantes and the hired thugs. Communist Tsatsu Tsikata is now an oil tycoon. PV Obeng looted this country but died in a rickety taxi. These idiots must never be allowed into Ghana politics again.
KnYc(USMC) 9 years ago

That is a fact. JJ Raw..shit is the cause of Ghana education downfall. This useless P/NDC people will see their downfall in reality. Like you said, if PV had implement a better Ghana he will not have died in a rickety taxi. I ...
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That is a fact. JJ Raw..shit is the cause of Ghana education downfall. This useless P/NDC people will see their downfall in reality. Like you said, if PV had implement a better Ghana he will not have died in a rickety taxi. I keep asking myself what has this NDC party done for Ghana?
KOFFI 9 years ago

What had been the results of your "home-grown" policies?
Do they remain home-grown now that "outsiders" are going to tear them apart for lack of any credibility?
Away with your warped explanation of what we should expect fr ...
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What had been the results of your "home-grown" policies?
Do they remain home-grown now that "outsiders" are going to tear them apart for lack of any credibility?
Away with your warped explanation of what we should expect from the IMF's bail-out programme. Can Ghanaians count the number of times that this government tells us one thing and it turns out to be the direct opposite of what they have said to us?
mr amin 9 years ago

Sacking 3,000 peoples teachers by GES is part of the IMF bailout job cuts stop lieying to us. n the cedi fall is the creation of govt. why charge import duties n other levis in dollers? its the course of dollerizationin in gh ...
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Sacking 3,000 peoples teachers by GES is part of the IMF bailout job cuts stop lieying to us. n the cedi fall is the creation of govt. why charge import duties n other levis in dollers? its the course of dollerizationin in ghana. VoteNDC OUT.
DONBOLI 9 years ago

IMF makes sure govt workers move to private sector of the economic. Teachers, nurses, office worker are all going to be private.
Why is is fool trying to lie to ghanaians and bailout from IMF. IMF would not give money to an ...
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IMF makes sure govt workers move to private sector of the economic. Teachers, nurses, office worker are all going to be private.
Why is is fool trying to lie to ghanaians and bailout from IMF. IMF would not give money to any country unless that country start and do what IMF ask of them.
It happen in EU where all govt works had to be sacked and re-employ with different company doing the same job. In doing so the people dont rely on govt to pay them, instead the privete companies arrange paid for workers from the govt.
No govt office will be getting money straght from the govt.
Audit service will be private accountable to the govt.
Its not a bad idea if the people understand, in denial is not good for anybody when we all know IMF gives money ONLY on its terms.
Even UK and EU had to follow what the slim woman saids, if ghana dont obey and foow ghana will not get the money, its simple as that. Who will give to to people who cant manage without showing them how to manage the money and economy.
Any fool within the govt who can tell the truth should shut up. Those in govt who understands IMF bailout should be brave and tell ghanaians the truth, in doing so will help ghanaians ready and prepare to face it. Its real and nobody in ghana can stop it.
Already EU has taken over ghana trade and they are now calling partners in trade. What so you see come to ghana market from EU, they are trying to stop ghana trading with China and Japan.
It nothing new if you are over 50 years old. Japaaa (fake) that was what they made ghanaians to call things from Japan.
Its happening again in ghana where stupid govt official has been brain wash to burn prints that didnt come from the source they want.
Ghana and ghanaians are been fooled and force people to only buy things from govt source. How many print plants do we have in ghana and who pwes them.
All ghana factories are going to be private, the electricity we use are all going to be private like how filling stations are.
Stop foing yourself Hagan. Learn to tell the truth or shut up. Have you seen or had John Maham saying anything about the bailout or the agreement sign with EU. partnership in trade. EPA. Ghana is now not for ghanaians to decide our future, our future is decided bu EU, World bank and IMF. All these work together to run ghana economic policies.
Ghana dont have a govt as far as John Mahama is president. Ghana is sold out to the west and EU. Ghanaians dont have a say in anything exceipt sports. Shame.
NANAKATA 9 years ago

ASK THE GREEKS!

ASK THE GREEKS!
Pelicles 9 years ago

Does this guy know that IMF does not bow to the borrower's demand? In a nation where we use 70% of our revenue to pay salaries/wages of civil servants, who should tell him that that area need some stern attention? There will ...
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Does this guy know that IMF does not bow to the borrower's demand? In a nation where we use 70% of our revenue to pay salaries/wages of civil servants, who should tell him that that area need some stern attention? There will be job cuts no matter what.
Kofi 9 years ago

The president told us we were not going to the IMF. Months later, here we are. Can we trust anything that comes from government? I cannot, I don't know about you!

The president told us we were not going to the IMF. Months later, here we are. Can we trust anything that comes from government? I cannot, I don't know about you!
SAM ACCRA 9 years ago

MAHAMA CAN NOT TELL IMF WHAT TO DO SO LETS WAIT TILL THEY GIVE US THE LOAN GHANAIANS WILL CRY.

MAHAMA CAN NOT TELL IMF WHAT TO DO SO LETS WAIT TILL THEY GIVE US THE LOAN GHANAIANS WILL CRY.
Kofi 9 years ago

Mr. George Hagan needs to treat his Rickets

Mr. George Hagan needs to treat his Rickets
DR KWAME OSEI - MODERN GHANA.COM 9 years ago

STOP LYING NDC STOP LYING NDC STOP LTING!!!!! THE VERY NATURE OF IMF INTERFERNCE SO-CALLED FIANCIAL ASSITANCE IS THAT JOB CUTS ARE THE NORM - IN EUROPE GREECE, SPAIN, IRELAND AND ITALY HAVE ALL FACE MASSIVE JOB CUTS AS A RESU ...
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STOP LYING NDC STOP LYING NDC STOP LTING!!!!! THE VERY NATURE OF IMF INTERFERNCE SO-CALLED FIANCIAL ASSITANCE IS THAT JOB CUTS ARE THE NORM - IN EUROPE GREECE, SPAIN, IRELAND AND ITALY HAVE ALL FACE MASSIVE JOB CUTS AS A RESULT OF IMF/WORLD BANK BAILOUTS - GREECE HAS 60% UNEMPLOYMENT, PORTUGAL HAS 35% UNEMLOYMENT , ITALY AND SPAIN HAVE 25% UNEMPLOYMENT SO GHANA AND GHANAIANS BE VERY AWARE AND SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE IMF. IN GHANA THE NDC IN JUNE 2009 TOOK A US$300 MILLION LOAN/FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE IMF/WORLD BANK - THIS RESULTED IN A FREEZE OF PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS FOR 3 YEARS AND WE ALL SEE WHAT THIS HAS CREATED MASSIVE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT - AGAIN IN THE LATE 1980'S EARLY 1990S CHAIRMAN RAWLINGS WENT TO THE IMF/WORLD BANK WITH THEN FINANCE MINISTER KWESI BOCTHWAY - THIS LED TO THE SO-CALLED STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS (SAP) AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAMME (ERP) - UNDER THIS POLICY CHAIRMAN RAWLINGS AND THE PNDC/NDC SOLD MOST OF THE FACTORIES BUILT BY DR KWAME NKRUMAH SUCH AS JUTE FACTORY, SUGAR FACTORY, GLASS FACTORY, SHOE FACTORY, TOMATO FACTORY, RICE FACTORY, TV FACTORY (AKASANOMA), GIHOC, CEMENT FACTORY ETC ETC - THIS IMF/WORLD BANK POLICT LED TO MORE THAN 400,000 GHANAIANS LOSING THIER JOBS BETWEEN 1983 AND 1995 - THIS IS RAWLINGS AND THE NDC LEGACY - MASS UNEMPLOYMENT AND GHANAINS MUST BE AWARE OF THID IMF/WORLD BANK BAILOUT BECUASE HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER CALLS THE TUNE SO IF THE IMF PRESCRIBE NDC TO LAY OFF GHANAINS TO PT THE WAGE BILL DOWN THEY WILL DO IT - I BET YOU US$1,0000 THAT SOME GHANAINS WILLLOSE THIER JOBS!!! MARK MY WORDS!!

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