Accra, Ghana, April 2, 2019//-Former President John Dramani Mahama will 4th April be the guest of honour for a public lecture to review Ghana’s economy before, during and after the stringent International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.
According to a statement issued by the Coalition For Restoration (CFR), a pressure group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, organizers of the lecture, the NDC Member of Parliament for Bolgatanta Central constituency and financial analyst, Isaac Adongo will be the main speaker.
The lecture which is expected to be attended by the bigwigs of the opposition NDC will be held at the Mensvic Hotel at East Legon in Accra.
Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice will chair the lecture on the theme-:”Ghana’s rising fiscal risks, financial crunch and external vulnerabilities: A postmortem of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Programme and a preview of the economy without the International Monetary Fund (IMF)”.
“It is our conviction that the interest of the Ghanaian taxpayer will be better served if the untold and hidden facts about our economy are also brought to the fore for critical evaluation alongside what government wants people to hear”, Gyasi Mensah I/C Communication and spokesperson of the pressure group said.
He continued: “Over the years, the speaker has sufficiently acquitted himself in the subject area by serving as one of the most credible and alternative voices on the economy to the government’s one-sided positions on issues of finance and economics.
It is expected that the lecture will provide Hon Adongo another platform to sufficiently deal with trending issues such as the cedi depreciation, the issuance of a $3 billion Eurobond, the exit from IMF and the general state of the economy after two years of the Nana Akufo-Addo and Bawumia administration”.
“We use this opportunity to invite all persons with the economy at heart to come and listen to the erudite Hon Isaac Adongo place the economy under surgical hands”.
African Eye Report
