{"id":252959,"date":"2026-01-26T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/252959\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:13:15","slug":"imf-debt-relief-driving-economic-gains-not-govt-competence-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/252959\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF, debt relief driving economic gains, not gov\u2019t competence \u2014 Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minority in Parliament has rejected assertions that the recent gains in Ghana\u2019s economy under President John Mahama are a result of the government\u2019s competence.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, January 26, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin argued that external factors, rather than prudent economic management, are behind the current economic upturn.<\/p>\n

According to him, the IMF program, debt relief, rising commodity exports, and reduced government expenditure are the key drivers of the economic improvements, not reforms or re-engineering by the current administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been told that the economy is doing well. That is not in doubt, but the question is: is the economy doing well because there is prudent management of our economy, or is it that this government has introduced some social intervention programs that have, in themselves, created an opportunity for young, ambitious Ghanaians?<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe hereby submit that the so-called gains were not born out of the government\u2019s competence in the management of our economy. Rather, the IMF program, debt relief, rising commodity exports, and reduced expenditure are the major reasons for the upswing in Ghana\u2019s economy,not a re-engineering of the economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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