Ghana on course to exit IMF as fiscal targets Are Beaten – Ato Forson

“It is President Akufo-Addo and his government that took Ghana to the IMF and agreed to this conditionality, unless they want me and President Mahama, because it’s President Mahama’s budget, to derail the IMF program, so that we spend as if there’s no tomorrow, crash the economy again, and go back to economic crisis with a haircut.”Cassiel Ato Forson, Minister of Finance Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says Ghana is firmly on course to exit the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme after outperforming key fiscal targets agreed under the country’s $3 billion bailout.“The NPP committed Ghana into an IMF program, signed an agreement with the IMF and borrowed $3 billion from them, and committed us, this government, that we would do 1.