Dr. Said Boakye

A Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Dr. Said Boakye, has said that Ghana will secure an International Monetary Fund programme despite the slow pace in meeting some key criteria. He, however, maintained that the deal will take some time to be achieved. The country is undertaking a debt restructuring with its external creditors, whilst pursuing a fiscal consolidation programme. But Dr. Boakye tells Joy Business that the government is its own enemy by failing to adhere to principles of the Fund programme. “I believe that in the end, Ghana will be able to secure a deal…