Technical Advisor to the vice president, Dr. Gideon Boako has lambasted the Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Mr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson for comment he described as “needless”.
The minority in Parliament criticised the government for negotiating about $19billion with China, and indicated that the amount which they insist is a loan would plunge the country into a Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) status.
"It is going to plunge the country into an era of debt distress. We are going to be very stressed as debt is concerned.
"Ghana's GDP is approximated at $45 billion. They are giving us a debt half of the size of the country's economy. Ghana is going to be debt stressed because of this," Mr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson said during a press briefing.
However, on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’, Dr. Gideon Boako says it’s rather unfortunate for such comment to be uttered by “someone who was Ghana’s Deputy Finance Minister.”
“Ato Forson is either doing politics with this issue or he is not knowledgeable with issues like this,” he told host Kwesi Aboagye.
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia led the government team for the $15billion funding partnership agreement and commitment reached between the Government of Ghana and China.
There is an opening for an additional GHc4 billion during his recent visit to that country.
Even though the minority has maintained that the fund is a loan from the Chinese government - Dr. Gideon Boako has emphatically stated that the fund is not a loan but rather a joint business venture between the two countries.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/Peacefmonline/Ghana
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KEEP ON INSULTING THE MINORITY NDC WHOSE CRIME IS DOING THEIR LEGITIMATE DUTIES AS ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT BY CONSTRUCTIVELY CRITICIZING THE SUPPOSED $19 BILLION LOAN/ARRANGEMENT BASED ON THE SCANTY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DR. BORROWMIA ON HIS RETURN FROM CHINA. IN MY OPINION, LTHE NDC IS SMELLING CNTC AND HFC LOANS. THE NPP MEMBERS THINK THEY ARE THE ONLY KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON IN THE COUNTRY SO INSULT ANYBODY THAT CRITICIZE THEIR PROGRAMS.
Yes another Fanti is being used again by NDC to champion their dirty course. Unfortunately, the NPP men are too brilliant and intelligent to stoop so low to such ***barred word*** and infantile arguments. Ato Forson must understand his purpose in life and try to achieve it without stepping into the bus of desperation and embarrassment provided by NDC to do so. Ghanaians understand and have abundant hope in NPP to make their lives better. For me the NDC is a total collateral embarrassment to Gh in the diaspora and they should just ***barred word***.
Borrow and judicious usage of funds is better than to share and spend. The NDC knows how the funds will boost the economy of our country. They are scared to wallow in opposition for years, 40 to be precise. Dishing out the truth is not an insult. No matter how bad, the NPP performs which is beyond reach, NDC cannot win 2020 elections, insha Allah.
The Honorable Vice President and his "highly knowledgeable" assistants like Dr. Boako, should provide us with the DETAILS of the partnership arrangement so that interested Ghanaians can make informed comments and contributions. Based on the current information in the media, there is no wonder people are suspicious of the arrangement. Do those of you who are insulting Honorable Ato Forson know the MAGNITUDE of the Chinese Economy's Appetite for raw materials. Don't you realize that SCOOPING millions of tons of bauxite, manganese, iron ore, etc. from the country, will destroy several hectares of farmland as well as water bodies. Have you thought of the future of our children, grand children and great-grand children. Are we going to process these raw materials in Ghana in order to create jobs or are we going to ship them raw to China for processing there?
Can the NPP government stop insulting anyone who has a contrary view? Stop it before it comes back to you. Your deeds so far have not shown you are anyway more knowledgeable, or maybe the president just don't have a clue. While is going about saying we need to economically independent, his appointees are begging in Germany and China for more money to pay their sponsors.
JEALOUSY GO SHAME
ATO FORSON IS ONLY HOLDS A STAGE THREE CERTIFICATE IN BOOKKEEPING FROM THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND RSA CERTIFICATE IN BOOKKEEPING STAGE ONE AND TWO, YET IN GHANA HE COULD BE APPOINTED A DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE, NO DOUBT WE ARE WHERE WE AS NATION ECONOMICALLY, DOWN IN THE GUTTE.R.
JUST KEEP INSULTING. WE ARE WAITING
I PROPOSE THAT USING FACTS, LOGIC AND INTELLECT BECOME A COMPULSORY MODULE IN OUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THIS ATO FORSON GUY DOESNT KNOW FOKO. HE IS A ONE EYED MAN IN THE MIDST OF HIS NDC BLINDFOLD. COME TO THINK OF IT THAT THIS ***barred word*** GUYS RULED US FOR 8 YEARS. NO DOUBT THEY BROUGHT THE ECONOMY TO ITS KNEES THROUGH THEIR IGNORANCE. I WEEP FOR GHANA. PEOPLE LIKE ATO FORSON ? NO HOPE FOR THEM. NDC APUUUU WASTED PEOPLE, CR OOKS AND PLAIN TTIEEEFS