{"id":312854,"date":"2017-04-22T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=312854"},"modified":"2017-04-22T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T06:00:54","slug":"govt-commences-non-deal-roadshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-commences-non-deal-roadshow\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t commences Non-Deal Roadshow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of senior government officials have embarked on a trip to London Washington DC and New York for a Non-Deal Roadshow<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Non-Deal Roadshow is to meet with Ghana\u2019s bond holders, potential investors, US government officials and other key stakeholders to share the government\u2019s transformational economic agenda to address the country\u2019s debt, attract new investment and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The team is led by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia,Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo, and Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation also includes the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Governor of the Central Bank, the CEO of GIPC, the President\u2019s Advisor on Media and Special Projects, and the Deputy Minister of Energy, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation is also participating in the annual spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n<p>A press statement released by the Ministry of Finance and copied to <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> stated that the team held a series of meetings with Ghana\u2019s bond holders to discuss the pillars of government\u2019s economic management agenda: revenue growth expenditure management, debt management, wage bill management and capping of earmarked funds to free up fiscal space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72298\" style=\"width: 3456px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_9704-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72298\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_9704-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Ofori-Atta\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Ofori-Atta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The delegation also met with the Ghanaian community at the High Commission to share the government\u2019s plans for the revitalizing the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Wednesday in Washington, the Vice President and Minister of Finance addressed an enthusiastic crowd of more than 300 in an event held by the Center of Strategic and International Studies entitled, \u201cSpotlight on Ghana.\u201d The audience was comprised of US government officials, policy makers, journalists, NGOs, members of the Diaspora, think tanks, and the private sector,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia presented opening remarks regarding the government\u2019s immediate priorities to reignite the country\u2019s economy by creating jobs in the agriculture sector, cutting taxes and removing other barriers to investment and increased production.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Mr. Ofori-Atta was joined on a panel by John Rice, the Vice Chairman of the General Electric Corporation, and Alain Ebobisse, CEO of Africa 50.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_9685.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72299\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_9685.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9685\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Minister presented the government\u2019s strategy for addressing the significant budget deficit and debt inherited from the previous administration.<\/p>\n<p>He also responded to questions from the audience by detailing the steps being taken to improve the investment climate in the country and enhance local capacity by improving education, as well as enforcing local content requirements for new investments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citibusinessnew.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of senior government officials have embarked on a trip to London Washington DC and New York for a Non-Deal Roadshow The purpose of the Non-Deal Roadshow is to meet with Ghana\u2019s bond holders, potential investors, US government officials and other key stakeholders to share the government\u2019s transformational economic agenda to address the country\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[121,32,171],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - 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