How Ghana accumulated the GH¢742 billion national debt - What the data shows

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Sly 1 year ago

Where is all the debt gone? People must be accountable

Where is all the debt gone? People must be accountable
Maame Abenah 1 year ago

Ghanaians are cowards and fools, that's why these prolific and insatiable looters of our country's resources are still in power.

Ghanaians are cowards and fools, that's why these prolific and insatiable looters of our country's resources are still in power.
THE END IS AT HAND 1 year ago

less than what USA use to kill and destabilize the world annually.

less than what USA use to kill and destabilize the world annually.
Adjei 1 year ago

eeiiiii what does the government have to show for this gargantuan debt?? Our leaders are wicked paa. They live large at the expense of the poor masses.

eeiiiii what does the government have to show for this gargantuan debt?? Our leaders are wicked paa. They live large at the expense of the poor masses.
Blessing K 1 year ago

desingenious reportage. shame. which of the them has done more infrastructures than current administration, not mentioning FSHS. Which govt,

desingenious reportage. shame. which of the them has done more infrastructures than current administration, not mentioning FSHS. Which govt,
Adondon 1 year ago

Free SHS was introduced in 2015 not now. In Ghana today we do not have academic calendar. Children sit at home now than they go to school. Are you for real? And what infrastructure are you talking about?
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Free SHS was introduced in 2015 not now. In Ghana today we do not have academic calendar. Children sit at home now than they go to school. Are you for real? And what infrastructure are you talking about?
1. Give me just one hospital that was built from scratch by NPP during the past 7.5years?
2. Give just one school built by NPP from scratch to finish in the past 7.5 years?
3. You talk about free shs and you do not build school. You expect children to go to school under trees.
Gen 1 year ago

@Adondon it looks like some people just follow propaganda without doing due diligence

@Adondon it looks like some people just follow propaganda without doing due diligence
Edem 1 year ago

Why should that hospital be built from scratch??? What sense does it make to go about building hospitals from scratch when existing ones have not been completed... dont have constant electricity ... and dont have ambulances?? ...
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Why should that hospital be built from scratch??? What sense does it make to go about building hospitals from scratch when existing ones have not been completed... dont have constant electricity ... and dont have ambulances??? Nana Addo has built the UHAS extension... provided ambulances to the country hospitals and not mere ato-forson bone-shakers. Roads leading to those hopitals have been built as well. Just use your brain.
. 1 year ago

Till today , regional ministers of the NPP , national communication officers of the NPP can't pinpoint just one hospital or school built by this govt . They can't name one talkless of providing pictures to prove .

Till today , regional ministers of the NPP , national communication officers of the NPP can't pinpoint just one hospital or school built by this govt . They can't name one talkless of providing pictures to prove .
Duafe 7 months ago

Your illusion is the consumption you and your kind. Not all Ghanaians have been stupefied. The working brains have seen agyapadie, which is meant to divert all Ghanaian assets into the NPP and Akyem coffers.

You only spat ...
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Your illusion is the consumption you and your kind. Not all Ghanaians have been stupefied. The working brains have seen agyapadie, which is meant to divert all Ghanaian assets into the NPP and Akyem coffers.

You only spat out your dirty guts without providing alternative data.
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AMA Ghana 1 year ago

What baffles me is the constant condemnation of Mahama at the time he was taking those loans by the NPP only for them to campaign on that , win power and do the worse !!!
How ???

What baffles me is the constant condemnation of Mahama at the time he was taking those loans by the NPP only for them to campaign on that , win power and do the worse !!!
How ???
Nana 1 year ago

Whoever comes after this government is not going to fare any better as long as the fundamentals are wrong. The trend that has been shown here is just a comparison of who has done worse not better and we certainly deserve bett ...
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Whoever comes after this government is not going to fare any better as long as the fundamentals are wrong. The trend that has been shown here is just a comparison of who has done worse not better and we certainly deserve better.
Accranie 1 year ago

@BlessingK apart from the accusations by Hon Ike Adongo that Govt has become notorious for fidgeting with data, the positives of these borrowings is providing basic education for the masses and some of the infrastructure proj ...
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@BlessingK apart from the accusations by Hon Ike Adongo that Govt has become notorious for fidgeting with data, the positives of these borrowings is providing basic education for the masses and some of the infrastructure projects including administrative(executive) policies will have a multiplier effect and drive economic growth that will automatically go into the servicing of the loan amounts
As for the accusations it's for the people and their government what they intend to do about the situation
Chraj 1 year ago

Why should you borrow to provide education at SHS level?? Basic education is where you need to put the money. From JHS we should let people choose farming, plumbing, carpentry etc to develop the country. I’m sorry to say th ...
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Why should you borrow to provide education at SHS level?? Basic education is where you need to put the money. From JHS we should let people choose farming, plumbing, carpentry etc to develop the country. I’m sorry to say this but our leaders are not thinking at all… they are only eating fried rice and chicken and collecting per diem!
Kofi 1 year ago

you need to make the analysis more beneficial, like someone was saying we need to know how much infrastructure was put up with all that borrowing in each of those governments and social interventions etc , we also need to und ...
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you need to make the analysis more beneficial, like someone was saying we need to know how much infrastructure was put up with all that borrowing in each of those governments and social interventions etc , we also need to understand importantly how much revenue was received by the various governments. Because no government experienced covid but then if donor inflow was so huge during covid you can't really use covid as an excuse. But in all this much as l blame the current government for the shit hole we are in l wil say we lost it when we failed to bring about rapid development of the Economy when all our debts were written of in the Kuffuor era.
Nana 1 year ago

What the data tells us is that something is fundamentally wrong with our economic management and all the various governments that we've had have virtually followed that flawed trend. The only time the debt actually reduced in ...
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What the data tells us is that something is fundamentally wrong with our economic management and all the various governments that we've had have virtually followed that flawed trend. The only time the debt actually reduced in dollar terms was under Kuffour and that was thanks largely to HIPC which also helped stabilised the cedi. Soon after, the fundamentals were exposed big time once again. If we don't focus on the economics and continue with the politics ad usual instead, our debt stock will definitely swallow us irrespective of which government comes to power. The debt restructuring is only giving us breathing space to decide that we are going to get it right this time round.
kodjo 1 year ago

I'm concerned about these governments' economic strategies when they come into power. In a nutshell all come and accumulate our debts. From the data analysis, nothing is going down. Please let's hear the plans for the coming ...
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I'm concerned about these governments' economic strategies when they come into power. In a nutshell all come and accumulate our debts. From the data analysis, nothing is going down. Please let's hear the plans for the coming government's economic strategies. Else these people think Ghanaians are dumb.
Teddy 1 year ago

Konkonte analysis - Mahama administration added more debt than any other government

Konkonte analysis - Mahama administration added more debt than any other government
Zargon 1 year ago

Example of when you are born stupid.

Example of when you are born stupid.
. 1 year ago

This graph alone is enough for any reasonable person or institution not to call for a debate between flagbearers.

This graph alone is enough for any reasonable person or institution not to call for a debate between flagbearers.
Duafe 7 months ago

The 742 billion doesn't include the $2+ US dollars in power sector debts. COCBOD is also highly indebted, and many other state institutions are equally indebted.

Also, there's been no debt servicing from 2022 to 2024, that ...
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The 742 billion doesn't include the $2+ US dollars in power sector debts. COCBOD is also highly indebted, and many other state institutions are equally indebted.

Also, there's been no debt servicing from 2022 to 2024, that's 3 whopping years of insolvency.

Losses at BoG, ECG, and others have not been accounted for. Yet the same people who presided over all these are now the loudest.

Ghana was indeed a crime scene from 2017 to 2024.

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