The Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annor-Dompreh has stressed that he is confident the government will find homegrown solutions to tackle the current economic difficulties.
Although the Ghana government has no doubt excelled in managing the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, its impact has still been immense on the West African country’s economy.
Amid the current hardships being experienced by the citizenry, there have been calls for the government to run to IMF for a bailout.
Speaking in an interview following the Minority’s criticism of the government over the high cost of fuel in the country, Frank Annor-Dompreh has said it does not mean Ghana should return to IMF.
According to him, the government is confident it will find homegrown solutions to tackle the challenges it is facing.
“…compare somebody that imposed difficulty on himself after run with the chair between his legs to IMF. We are confident that we will find a homegrown solution to the problems that we are having. We don’t want the situation where the IMF will look in our face and say halt public sector recruitment,” the Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri shared.
Frank Annor-Dompreh added, “We are confident that we can raise the needed revenue within and for a long time a third world country has not been able to do that. Ghana is setting a good example. If you look at Greece, when it was facing serious economic hardship they run to the IMF.
“Just a few African countries will say will not go to the IMF, a country like Uganda. The IMF will say do this and that, we will not and bite the bullet.”
This weekend cabinet led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is on a retreat at Peduase in the Eastern Region to come up with solutions to address the current hardships.
