$918-m IMF bailout: Why Ghana got it, and what it’ll be use for

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AMASAMAN 9 years ago

in the abundance of waters, the fool is thirsty.....bettymould doles out over a billion go party cronies in dubious jdgmnt debts,,,,,john mahama and ndc overspent by 8.7 bn ghc or 4.3 billion dollars to win elections in 2012. ...
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in the abundance of waters, the fool is thirsty.....bettymould doles out over a billion go party cronies in dubious jdgmnt debts,,,,,john mahama and ndc overspent by 8.7 bn ghc or 4.3 billion dollars to win elections in 2012....etc and we go begging for less than one billion...???????,,,,,,ndc is going to lose just like jonathan of nigeria lost for his corruption....
GYAKARI 9 years ago

IMF BAIL OUT NOT FATHER CHRISTMAS.

IMF BAIL OUT NOT FATHER CHRISTMAS.
Abongo 9 years ago

Is Kufuor a saint? Idiot where is our Dri Ship

Is Kufuor a saint? Idiot where is our Dri Ship
Close Observer 9 years ago

They are both led by useless young presidents. These young men celebrate their positions like movie actors. VERY CLUELESS AND NO VISION YOUNG MEN.
VOTE THE USELESS NDC GOVERNMENT THAT HELPED WAYOME TO DUPED GHANA OUT IN 2016 ...
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They are both led by useless young presidents. These young men celebrate their positions like movie actors. VERY CLUELESS AND NO VISION YOUNG MEN.
VOTE THE USELESS NDC GOVERNMENT THAT HELPED WAYOME TO DUPED GHANA OUT IN 2016. That money could have been used to build a better place for our children to study. NDC STILL LOVE WAYOME AND HATE MARTIN AMIDU, the man who fought for the return of the money illegally given to Wayome. NDC IS A SELFISH GROUP. VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016 JUST LIKE THE NIGERIANS HAVE DONE.
ZED 9 years ago

Stupid fools and stupidity abound in NDC paaaaaaa....... What is the value of drill ship compared with NDC SADA SUBAH GYEEDA FAKE JUDGEMENT DEBTS etc........ Kwasiaaaaaaa

Stupid fools and stupidity abound in NDC paaaaaaa....... What is the value of drill ship compared with NDC SADA SUBAH GYEEDA FAKE JUDGEMENT DEBTS etc........ Kwasiaaaaaaa
GYAKARI 9 years ago

MAHAMA & CO will LOOT IMF LOAN

MAHAMA & CO will LOOT IMF LOAN
Abongo 9 years ago

As for some of you these Akans are so stupid. May be the rat shit soup and pam wine has distorted you way of thinking

As for some of you these Akans are so stupid. May be the rat shit soup and pam wine has distorted you way of thinking
ZED 9 years ago

Abongo can't you use your brains one bit...... Jesus Christ...... Don't you have pity on these kayayeis whose poverty is deepened by NDC massive thievery which has driven your women to move to the south for all manner of meni ...
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Abongo can't you use your brains one bit...... Jesus Christ...... Don't you have pity on these kayayeis whose poverty is deepened by NDC massive thievery which has driven your women to move to the south for all manner of menial jobs....... ......... Stupidity really abounds in NDC...
wisdom 9 years ago

I taught de NPP said de iMF deal will not be possible . These cynics can never rull

I taught de NPP said de iMF deal will not be possible . These cynics can never rull
Kofi 9 years ago

Wisdom, you are not reflecting your name. The IMF is giving us only $300 million per year. You think that is anything to rejoice over? How much money is lost at the ports into individual pockets and how much do politicians st ...
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Wisdom, you are not reflecting your name. The IMF is giving us only $300 million per year. You think that is anything to rejoice over? How much money is lost at the ports into individual pockets and how much do politicians steal? Are those not worth more than what we are borrowing from the IMF? Ask yourself if it was even necessary to go there? The IMF knows we are plain stupid and they are just being diplomatic by giving us something "small" to make us not feel too bad. How much money do Ghanaians in the diaspora alone bring into the country every year? Ghana is simply being ruled by idiots and the sooner we realize that the better!
JJJ 9 years ago

NOW WE ALL SEE THAT THE OPPOSITION WAS TOTALLY WRONG IN THEIR UNNECESSARY SO-CALLED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE COUNTRY. WITH THE LITTLE EXPERIENCE SOME OF THESE NPP SO-CLLED ECONOMIC GURUS HAVE ON THE GHANAIAN ECONOMY, THIS IM ...
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NOW WE ALL SEE THAT THE OPPOSITION WAS TOTALLY WRONG IN THEIR UNNECESSARY SO-CALLED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE COUNTRY. WITH THE LITTLE EXPERIENCE SOME OF THESE NPP SO-CLLED ECONOMIC GURUS HAVE ON THE GHANAIAN ECONOMY, THIS IMF BAILOUT GOES TO TEACH THEM REAL LESSONS THAT, AFTERALL THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THOROUGHTLY HOW COUNTRY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ARE CARRIED OUT AT THE GLOBSL LEVEL WHERE IT COUNTS THE MOST.
KFC 9 years ago

Always borrowing!!! What became of the Chinese loan?
Indeed, a failed, corrupt, thieving leader who only knows how to borrow money is our JM!!
Our nation is fast becoming an HIPC again because of our incompetent leader.
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Always borrowing!!! What became of the Chinese loan?
Indeed, a failed, corrupt, thieving leader who only knows how to borrow money is our JM!!
Our nation is fast becoming an HIPC again because of our incompetent leader.
Kick him out at the next election.

Love Ghana, hate fraudsters!!!
Kofi 9 years ago

If we cut down the stealing, Ghana could afford more than 300 million dollars own her own. This is not something we needed the IMF for. If the politicians would stop stealing for 3 months, the nation could save more than 1bil ...
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If we cut down the stealing, Ghana could afford more than 300 million dollars own her own. This is not something we needed the IMF for. If the politicians would stop stealing for 3 months, the nation could save more than 1billion. We seem to love to go borrowing for its own sake. This is what happens when people who boast about their GCE "A' LEVEL Econonics rades are put in charge of a whole country's economy. Are we so dumb or we are cursed?
Says Who 9 years ago

Nothing will come of this loan. Mr Tekper will be shoved aside as soon as the money is wired in. Then new positions and ghost organisations will be created to siphon all the funds.

None of the plans outlined will bring an ...
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Nothing will come of this loan. Mr Tekper will be shoved aside as soon as the money is wired in. Then new positions and ghost organisations will be created to siphon all the funds.

None of the plans outlined will bring an iota of change to the people of the nation.

Just look at the vague terminology - domestic arrears, primary expenditure, mocroeconomic stability and so on.

They are just names which mean nothing because they target nothing.

The solution to all the problems is gripping the known criminals in a vice grip and getting all of them to cough up the loot they have obtained thus far. What is the point of pouring water into a leaking vessel?

I feel sorry for this Finance Minister he appears to be in the midst of a very hard-core gang of looters, con artists and drug dealers.
Crusher of Corruption 9 years ago

If the IMF is really serious to bail Ghana out of economic disaster, then the $918 million should only be released after the elections. We all know that even in developed democracies, during their final year in office, gover ...
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If the IMF is really serious to bail Ghana out of economic disaster, then the $918 million should only be released after the elections. We all know that even in developed democracies, during their final year in office, governments concentrate all their efforts on impending elections to the neglect of any improvements to the economy and development of the nation. Releasing the bailout funds now will serve us no good purpose: the IMF people know this all too well. Holding back on the funds will encourage all the competing parties to double their efforts knowing all too well that whoever wins the elections will have funds to help their efforts in its first few months in office. A word to the wise is in the North!
Fidel;ity 9 years ago

Terpka people are tired of these kind of lunacy.

Terpka people are tired of these kind of lunacy.
Ethical Joe 9 years ago

This IMF bailout package is peanuts.IT cannot make any difference.
WE COULD HAVE RAISED THIS MONEY INTERNAL IF AMNESTY HAD BEEN GRANTED TO THE STATE LOOTERS TO BRING BACK ILL GOTTEN GAINS FROM BANKS ABROAD BACK TO GHANA.

This IMF bailout package is peanuts.IT cannot make any difference.
WE COULD HAVE RAISED THIS MONEY INTERNAL IF AMNESTY HAD BEEN GRANTED TO THE STATE LOOTERS TO BRING BACK ILL GOTTEN GAINS FROM BANKS ABROAD BACK TO GHANA.
Man of Character 9 years ago

Well done IMF for the bailout. But the problem is that the government will not use the money for purpose for which he went for loan. It's getting to elections period in Ghana and the NDC is going to use the money for that pur ...
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Well done IMF for the bailout. But the problem is that the government will not use the money for purpose for which he went for loan. It's getting to elections period in Ghana and the NDC is going to use the money for that purpose just to win the election. Ghanaians will suffer the same fate that prompted the bailout. You cannot trust anybody in the government. My suggestion is that, a committee be formed from all the opposition parties to monitor the use of the bailout. Quarterly auditing should be made to check it and the findings be made public. NDC government is not helping the country and its citizens but sharing the money they they went for, for the development of the country among themselves. I suggest, IMF should also monitor the usage of the loan.
Kwabena 9 years ago

Ghana is a disaster. Borrowing at interest rates >20% with little to show and no real plan to pay the money back?!?!?!? Absolutely NO plan for competetive growth. NO disciplined strategy for competitiveness. These people ma ...
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Ghana is a disaster. Borrowing at interest rates >20% with little to show and no real plan to pay the money back?!?!?!? Absolutely NO plan for competetive growth. NO disciplined strategy for competitiveness. These people may have set the economy back 10-15 years. It is as if these people do not realize that we are in a global competition with other countries. I mean..... no consistent electricity, horrible environmental filth, greed, corruption?!?! This is happening in the 21st century?!?!?!? What a shame!!!!! Skilled Ghanaians around the world were eager to repatriate and offer our skill-set back home from 2005-2013..... you can forget it now. The voters are foolish enough to continue to support this foolishness going on in Ghana?!?!?!? HOW SAD!!!!! Have pride in yourselves and demand more from your elected officials!!! Make them accountable for mismanagement and malfeasance!!!!!
Kojo E 9 years ago

The chickens have really come home to roost! Here is a government that insulted anyone who dared to caution their borrowing habit now come to eat humble pie of seeking a bailout so that its debt can be sustained. Where are th ...
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The chickens have really come home to roost! Here is a government that insulted anyone who dared to caution their borrowing habit now come to eat humble pie of seeking a bailout so that its debt can be sustained. Where are the Fiifi Kweteys?
AKORABS 9 years ago

"What it'll be USED for"

"What it'll be USED for"
Dessie 9 years ago

1billion or 918million$ bailout..media must be truthful to the dollar figure..it is 2billion$ bailout not 918million$

1billion or 918million$ bailout..media must be truthful to the dollar figure..it is 2billion$ bailout not 918million$
Farmer 9 years ago

Where is this change documented?

Where is this change documented?
DI wo fie asem 9 years ago

You are a fool look at what is happening in Ghana.Your home boy is destroying Ghana so you like what is going on in Ghana now.Think I know that you have lot of cow and goat milk in you that is why you think like a beast.

You are a fool look at what is happening in Ghana.Your home boy is destroying Ghana so you like what is going on in Ghana now.Think I know that you have lot of cow and goat milk in you that is why you think like a beast.
Mark S, Tema. 9 years ago

Congratulations to the Mahama govt for this great achievement. Now can the Govt explain to the people of Ghana, in clear simple terms the iteamized conditionalities that are involved in this monetary programs.
For example:
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Congratulations to the Mahama govt for this great achievement. Now can the Govt explain to the people of Ghana, in clear simple terms the iteamized conditionalities that are involved in this monetary programs.
For example:
1. Is it going to help employment.
2. Restore electricity.
3. Improve the living condition of Ghanaians.
4. School feeding programs.
5. Any improvement in NHIS.
6. Is petrol prices coming down in view of reduction in world market price?
7. Are Ghanaian better off with this IMF program?
Can the Govt explain these issues arising from this program, please.
Obiba Broke 9 years ago

What about tuo saafi and pitoo. Stupid abongo you need to wake up from your slumber

What about tuo saafi and pitoo. Stupid abongo you need to wake up from your slumber

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