A spokesperson for President John Dramani Mahama and Minister of State for Government Communications, Mr. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has debunked claims by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament that the Mahama-led government was able to pay bondholders as well as service other debt payments due to buffers left behind by the Nana Addo-Bawumia administration.
This came after President John Dramani Mahama’s directive to the Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, to honour the fourth coupon payment to Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) bondholders.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, Mr. Kwakye Ofosu categorically stated that this narrative is untrue and provided details to support his assertion.
“After the announcement of these payments and the announcement that the sinking fund has been reactivated, we have had some rebuttals from the NPP whose officials have claimed that we have been able to do that as a government only because they left some buffers and that it is not because of any specific intervention from President John Mahama. I wish to place on record that this narrative is untrue,” the Spokesperson for President Mahama said.
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