In view of the suspension of USAID's international funding programme, a one-time independent presidential hopeful, Marricke Kofi Gane, has asked the Government of Ghana to create a Country Development Funding Priority policy.
He explains that this will enable development partners to redirect their funding to where the Government believes it can have the most impact.
He was commenting on the directive that President John Dramani Mahama has given to the Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, to take urgent steps to bridge the funding gap arising out of the suspension of USAID's international funding programme.
The president's is contained in a press release dated February 11 and signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President and Minister of government Communications.
