IMF programme will help gov't; it'll ensure NPP breaks the 8 - Addai-Nimoh | 3News.com

A programme under the (IMF) will help the government address the challenges that have been actuated by force majeure, a former Member of Parliament for Mampong, Francis Addai-Nimoh has said.

In his view, this will help the governing party to break the 8-year electoral cycle in the 2024 general elections.

“From this time to the end of 2024, the IMF programme will help and that should inure to the party,” he told Johnnie Hughes on the New Day show on TV3  Tuesday September 27.

A key prerequisite for a programme is confirmation that Ghana’s debt is on a sustainable path.

This will require a comprehensive Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA), which is currently ongoing.

A statement issued by the Finance Ministry on Monday September 26 said the Government of Ghana is putting together a comprehensive post Covid-19 economic programme which will form the basis for the IMF negotiations.

“The programme seeks to establish a macro-fiscal path that ensures debt sustainability and macroeconomic stability underpinned by key structural reforms and social protection.