Former Finance Minister in the erstwhile Mahama administration, Seth Terkper, is greatly concerned about the ability of Finance Minister-designate, Dr. Muhammed Amin Adam, to turn fortunes around when approved by Parliament.
According to the former finance minister, Nana Akufo Addo's decision to replace Ken Ofori Atta with Dr. Amin Adam is inimical to the already paralysed economy.
Speaking in an interview on Citi News monitored by Peacefmonline.com, Mr. Terkper revealed that the change comes at a critical time when the country is under an IMF programme, suggesting that it might be too late for Dr. Adam to make a substantial impact on the economic policy of the president and the government.
He further pointed out that the budget and economic policy are ultimately under the President’s authority, and with the limited timeframe until the next general elections, Dr. Adam may face challenges in implementing significant policy changes.
“We are a country where we could not do a turnaround of the economy, and we were preemptive, with everybody blaming it on COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, where some $6 billion flowed into the economy without the ability to turn it around.”
“This administration is not the only one that has suffered global or domestic setbacks, from droughts or floods to the global financial crisis, and so I think the situation is dire; and so we have to ask ourselves if nine months is enough time to do a turnaround,” Seth Tekper posited.
Source: Kobina Darlington/peacefmonline.com
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This Seth Tekper guy was terrible as Finance Min.... Now he is pretending to be an angel and have all the solutions to our problems.. Fc.u.k off and leave Ghanaians alone.
Hmnnnnn, Ghana's so called politicians? In opposition, they have all the solutions to the country's problems. Give them power and they start to behave as if they have never sat in the 4 walls of a classroom. Was it not this same Seth Tekper who was the finance minister from 2013 to 2017 and ended up sending Ghana to the IMF? So what reasons will he also give for the IMF cells he sent Ghana to? NDC and NPP is the same wine in different bottles. They can best be described as identical twins,
MR TEKPEH ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED OF YOURSELF?WHEN YOU WERE IN GOVERNMENT YOU DID WORST.YOU AND YOUR SO CALLED JOHN MAHAMA WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH YOU.THIS WHOLE CORRUPTION THING STARTED UNDER YOUR WATCH SO ***barred word***.WE KNOW YOU
see this man too where is he coming from. if 9 months cannot be enough what will 4years also do. who told you the reshuffle was to turn things round. you ask for it and it is done and you turn round to say otherwise. the man you do not want is gone so just be happy.