Tag Archives: Economic Management Team

Former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor says government’s economic management team should be dissolved and reconstituted. The team, led by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta as a member, takes crucial decisions on how the Ghanaian economy should be managed. Dr. Duffuor says government’s handling of …

A private legal practitioner Mr Gordon Edudzi Temaklo has said the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has failed as head of the Economic Management Team (EMT). In the view of Mr Tameklo, the Vice President and the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta are the poster boys of the economic mess …

The National Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress has bemoaned Ghana’s current inflation rate. Addressing the media on Wednesday, Sammy Gyamfi stated that the inflation rate in the country is worst compared to that of other countries in the sub-region.   “As we speak, inflation rate which stood at …

The General Secretary of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mordecai Thiom Biano, has expressed disquiet about the worsening economic conditions in the country and the consistent free fall of the cedi against major trading currencies, especially the US dollar.   According to him, the continuous depreciation of the cedi does …

  The Vice President of Ghana and Head of Economic Management Team,  Dr Mahamudu Bauwmia has said that analysts who say that Covid spending alone cannot be the reason for the increase in Ghana’s public debts are right. He said the banking sector cleanup exercise, as well as the excess …

The Association of Importers and Exporters of Ghana has urged President Akufo-Addo to sack the governor of the Central Bank for what they say is his poor handling of the Cedi.   According to the Association, the steady depreciation of the Cedi is a testament to the underperformance of the …

The Minority in Parliament has asked President Akufo-Addo to immediately dissolve his Economic Management Team over the wobbling cedi. According to the Minority, the rising prices of fuel in the country is as a result of the depreciation of the local currency rather than rising prices of crude on the …

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that the management of the cedi against other foreign currencies on the exchange front by the President Akufo-Addo led administration, has been one of the best by any government in its first term, since 1992. According to him, the performance of the cedi …