General News of Thursday, 28 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comFiifi Kwetey goes wild on Finance MinisterFiifi Kwetey is Member of Parliament for Ketu SouthThe Finance Minister’s claim that Ghana’s exit from another IMF program is an attestation of the NPP government’s superior handling of the economy did not go down well with opposition NDC MP Fiifi Kwetey. “I can understand if it is coming from a footsoldier but to come from a Minister of Finance, it is absolutely unacceptable”, he said. That figure, Fiifi Kwetey argued, is too measly and paltry to have compelled the NDC government to invite an IMF bail-out. But his main issue was what he saw as an attempt by the government to claim a crown of “economic messiahship” as Ghana leaves the IMF program in 2019. Fiifi Kwetey also picked up on one of several macroeconomic indicators, inflation and said in 2008, two years after the NPP government left the IMF, the figure was 18%.

Source: GhanaWeb March 28, 2019 14:37 UTC