Respectfully, I would like to urge Ghanaians to totally and wholly disregard the propaganda, misrepresentations and ugly noises from the anti-development NDC, misinformed experts and backward academicians who have mounted unpatriotic agenda against the passage of the E-levy.
The sole purpose of the aforementioned people against the E-levy is simply to push Ghana to seek financial assistance from our colonial masters, the IMF just to make a statement that both Mahama/NDC and Akufo-Addo/NPP are the same in terms of the management of the economy. NDC simply wants to achieve equalization as far as Ghana going back to IMF is concerned.
Must we as a Country always rely on third parties such as IMF or World Bank to manage our economy? Certainly not. That is the more reason why Akufo-Addo's Government is pleading with Ghanaians to individually and collectively support the Country's development agenda through the payment of the E-levy.
Akufo-Addo's Government is committed to speeding up the development of the Country but without the E-levy the rate of development is likely to slow down for the year 2022.
Why must Ghana go to the IMF for support when we as a people have the capacity and the means locally to contribute our quota via E-levy to sustain Ghana's economy?
The highest IMF can offer Ghana is $1 billion for maybe 4-5 years. However, with the introduction of E-levy Ghana would be able to generate that $1 billion within a year ,and within 3-5 years period Ghana would have generated $3-5 billion far more than the $1 billion loan facility that IMF will offer Ghana accompanied with unnecessary conditionalities leading to suspension of some Government laudable projects and unemployment for 3-5 years in the Public Sector.
Ghana shall be far better off with E-levy than going back to the IMF for support.
Any person with PhD or professional experience in Finance or Economics who would suggest that Ghana goes back to IMF for bailout instead of E-levy is simply either not properly thinking outside the box or enemy of the state or doing so due to lack of homegrown wisdom.
Akufo-Addo's Government has achieved a lot of positive development for Ghana within the five year period without IMF. Ghana can continue to achieve better development without IMF, moving forward.
Enough of always relying on the foreign institutions to support Ghana's economy, domestically we have the potential to support Government to continue fixing the Country.
Mahama John went to IMF and still failed to deliver good governance. Going back to IMF is a proposal from enemies of Ghana and it is important well-meaning Ghanaians totally and wholly ignore such enemies of the State.
It is sad when you hear or read from some learned people suggesting that E-levy is a lazy approach of revenue generation and then I asked myself what is more lazy than going to the IMF for bailout with attached conditionalities?
Has IMF Bribes NDC Members of Parliament and some Ghanaian experts to push Ghana back to IMF for behind the scenes kickbacks from IMF anaa?
Source: Razak Kojo Opoku
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Flip flopper Razak, you have got a position in this Government so no wonder why you will suggest us to swallow poisonous pills. What do you know about economics beyond bandying Economic Metrics in praise of your Pay Masters? Has Government Accounted for the COVID Levy and the over 90 Billion earned income? If the borrowed over 140 Billion, the over 400Billion revenue generated from taxes did not surface, what will 6 billion do? We will not pay this capital and pickpocket tax Simple. I am sad this is coming from my NPP. This is not what I expected from Akuffo Addo who promised the heavens but has delivered hell. Shame, I am disappointed.
NDC FULL OF SCAMMERS IMF FOR WHAT LOOOOOSERS. LOOK AT THIS GUY SETH TERKPER HAVE NO CLUE TOTALLY CLUELESS COULDN'T MANAGE GHANA ECONOMY ONLY TO GIVE IT TO IMF KEEP TALKING ***barred word*** FOR THE WHOLE 4 YEARS IMF IS THE ONE LOOKING AFTER HIS ECONOMY EVEN HIS BUDGET HAS TO BE APPROVED BY IMF, SPENDING HAVE TO BE APPROVE BY IMF, IMF FREEZE HIRING OF NEW PEOPLE SETH TEKPER IS JOKE JOKE JOKEWASTE OF TIME ***barred word*** TALKING TO HIM. NDC IS A SCAM REMEMBER SENCHIE ENDED UP WITH IMF. WHEN DID NDC BECAME MANAGERS OF THE ECONOMY IF THE GAVE GHANA AND GHANAIANS TO IMF TO MANAGE IT. SIGNED TAKE OR PAY POWER SECTOR AGREEMENTS, DOUBLE SALARY TAKERS, BUS BRANDING LOOTERS, WAYOMY LOOTERS, SOLD OLD 120 RAIL CARS FOR SCRAP WHICH COULD BEEN REPAIRE BY SWAME MAGAZANE FOR $50,000 DOLLARS. BRANDNEW OF THESE RAIL CARS COST 500,000 DOLLARS WHICH NPP CURRENTLY HAS FIXED 10 RAIL CARS BY SWAME MAGAZANE FOR 50,000 DOLLARS SUCH A DISPICABLE ART OF LOOT AND WASTE BY NDC ***barred word*** LOOSERS ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT. The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in 1987 obtained a first class degree in economics from the University of Buckingham, the only independent university with a Royal Charter.