IMF backs ‘killer’ taxes

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• kwame nti 8 years ago

  you gugs go for loans and share among yourselves and the poor man i asked to pay for-its a cheat on the masses but only Ghana can these stupid happen

  you gugs go for loans and share among yourselves and the poor man i asked to pay for-its a cheat on the masses but only Ghana can these stupid happen

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• Kwabena Yeboah 8 years ago

  We are witnessing yet again Kwesi Botchwey's obsequiousness to the IMF in the 80s and 90s. Seth Terkper is taking his marching orders from the IMF, and yet he wants us to believe that he is in control.
  
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  We are witnessing yet again Kwesi Botchwey's obsequiousness to the IMF in the 80s and 90s. Seth Terkper is taking his marching orders from the IMF, and yet he wants us to believe that he is in control.
  
  With the exception of Dr. Nkrumah and Kutu Acheampong, every government in Ghana dating back to Ankrah's NLC, Kofi Abrefa Busia's PP, JJ Rawlings PNDC/NDC, JA Kufuor's NPP; has followed the dictates of the IMF, and yet the country has not made any headway in our development efforts. Kwesi Botchwey was the longest serving Finance Minister in our short history, and throughout his time in that post took direct orders from the IMF technocrats in Washington DC in the 80s and 90s. So how do we remember Kwesi Botchwey as the longest serving Finance Minister in Ghana. We remember him as a total failure - he was useless to say the least.
  
  The ultimate question is: Has Ghana benefited in anyway from IMF's conditionalities? If the answer is no, then why do our Finance Ministers continue to collaborate with the Breton Wood organization? Seriously, is the black man ready and able to manage his own affairs?

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• Yamoransa 8 years ago

  "The International Monetary Fund is urging the government to continue in that direction" until Mahama is overthrown in a coup.

  "The International Monetary Fund is urging the government to continue in that direction" until Mahama is overthrown in a coup.

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• PEKI TUMU 8 years ago

  AT most the IMF can only make recommendations and give us advice. The final decision is up to the government. A thoughtful Minster and government would weigh up all the factors and devise fair approaches to doing these things ...
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  AT most the IMF can only make recommendations and give us advice. The final decision is up to the government. A thoughtful Minster and government would weigh up all the factors and devise fair approaches to doing these things. It is always best to adopt a gradualist approach taking into consideration reactions of the people

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• GHANANI 8 years ago

  IMF recommendations always prevail.Refuse to accept them and they will pull the plug.The Greeks will tell you their experience.

  IMF recommendations always prevail.Refuse to accept them and they will pull the plug.The Greeks will tell you their experience.

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• GHANANI 8 years ago

  The NPP will do the same as the NDC when it comes to dealing with the IMF.They are all fans of the IMF and ghanaians should not expect anything different from an NPP government.The NPP is just making noise for votes.

  The NPP will do the same as the NDC when it comes to dealing with the IMF.They are all fans of the IMF and ghanaians should not expect anything different from an NPP government.The NPP is just making noise for votes.

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• kk 8 years ago

  Bad governance in Ghana.But mr mahama think twice

  Bad governance in Ghana.But mr mahama think twice

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• Saint Ghfuo: FREE YOUR PSYCHE 8 years ago

  the wbank and imf are controlled by the g8 nations. the loans they give to nations like gh come with interest. they rely on the interest from these loans to run their nations. so that ghanaians and othe rthird world nations c ...
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  the wbank and imf are controlled by the g8 nations. the loans they give to nations like gh come with interest. they rely on the interest from these loans to run their nations. so that ghanaians and othe rthird world nations can scramble for visas to go there for a better life. so they could care less if ghanaians die of thirst. who put a gun to the head of your leaders to come for our loans? they will say...we also have children to feed....

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