Attach some urgency to negotiations with IMF – Assibey-Yeboah urges gov’t

Mark Assibey-Yeboah has called for a sense of urgency on the part of government in its negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The IMF coming to town, and the President speaking to them, does not guarantee anything.

Ordinarily, negotiations will take between 4 and 6 months

Most of the staff of the fund will go back to their home countries this month

If there is a burden imposed on them, some of them will stay back and work

The IMF board meets quarterly, the next meeting will be in October, if we do not conclude negotiations before then, they can’t act on our request until the next board meeting which will be next year.”