Yaw Buaben Asamoa, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) director of communications, has stated that there is no need for an apology in light of the government’s decision to request assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He claimed that the decision’s declaration was open and sincere and that Ghanaians should appreciate and support it.
Speaking on the New Day show on TV3 with Johnnie Hughes Monday, July 4, he said “it can’t be more truthful, it can’t be more candor than the announcement of the decision to go the IMF. Post that announcement, there is very little you can hide because the nature of the engagement with the IMF is very open, the program that will be designed will be public knowledge, and the assessment on which the program will be based will be public knowledge.
“If it comes to engagement with our brothers from the NDC then you have an interesting situation … I think they will have their day, but it is not about an apology. There is nothing to apologize about because much as, many of us believed, several Ghanaians still believe, some people in the NPP also believe, that it is possible we would develop a home-grown program rather than go under a program with the IMF because we have an Article 4 relationship with them
“It is the time that the direct momagers of the economy, His Excellency the President have decided that in the interest of the public good we should go under a formal program and I think that decision deserves our respect and support as a nation.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom/Joseph Asare
