This is sensible – Franklin Cudjoe speaks on Ato Forson’s appointment
Founder of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described Cassiel Ato Forson’s appointment as sensible. He says he has worked closely with the current majority leader, and he has what it takes to lead Ghana’s economy. In a post via Facebook, Franklin Cudjoe indicated that what’s even better about Ato Forson’s appointment is […] The post This is sensible – Franklin Cudjoe speaks on Ato Forson’s appointment appeared first on MyNewsGh.
Founder of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described Cassiel Ato Forson’s appointment as sensible.
He says he has worked closely with the current majority leader, and he has what it takes to lead Ghana’s economy.
In a post via Facebook, Franklin Cudjoe indicated that what’s even better about Ato Forson’s appointment is the fact that he is not an overhyped Investment Banker who will think about his parochial interest above that of the nation.
His post on the appointment read:
“Hon. Ato Forson for Finance Minister. Sensible appointment. Thankfully, he is not an overhyped investment banker who would have had wet dreams of some delusional $50bn century bond his predecessor entertained inspite of the oddious debts he had accumulated. Worse, he was planning to mortgage our gold resources through very bad deals like Agyapa. Agyapa was horrible and kudos to IMANI and our cousins at ACEP for leading the charge to kill it. Whoever advised Agyapa must be lashed 38 times
Anyway, last April 2024, l had an opportunity to engage Ato Forson up close to discuss what must be done to prevent further damage to our jalopy economy. I had invited him to meet a small team of Ghanaian and British consultants the British Government recently engaged to design a modest new, £5m programme – the Financial and Economic Resilience in Ghana (FERG) programme – to complement existing workstreams, and those of other development partners, to address Ghana’s longstanding challenges with fiscal and macroeconomic instability. I was convinced that Hon.Ato Forson had earned the stripes to be a successful financial minister.
As deputy team leader of the mission, I will endorse the release of the £5m as soon as possible to help Ato Forson strenghten ministerial budget preparation to cut out wastes and capacitate Ghana’s debt management office among many others.
Good luck Ato”.
Ato Forson is one of the first three names announced as Ministerial nominees by President John Dramani Mahama.
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