{"id":349054,"date":"2017-08-29T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=349054"},"modified":"2017-11-10T09:46:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T09:46:04","slug":"ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government is set to meet the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tomorrow to present its decision not to extend the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in his mid-year budget review indicated that government\u2019s economic team will meet the board in August.<\/p>\n<p>Already, President Akufo-Addo has stated that government will not extend the programme when it ends in December 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund in September 2016 approved the third tranche of $116.2 million under Ghana\u2019s three-year programme with the fund.<\/p>\n<p>The third approval brought the amount disbursed so far under the programme to $464.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana entered the three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for about US$918 million on April 3, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi Business News, the Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei stated that the government economic team is ready to put its decisions before the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I know, and I have no reason to believe otherwise, tomorrow is the day that was scheduled for the board meeting. Unless something has changed but I am not aware that anything has changed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Akoto stressed that government will complete the programme by end of the 2018 even though the programme was scheduled to end in April.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that it is important for the programme to end with the financial budget of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe programme is supposed to be completed by a certain time. It is not possible to finish it in April, so we have to go through our budget cycle of 2018 to finish it.\u00a0 That is the statement government put out. It is not possible to finish it in April of next year. We will do our budget through to the next end of next year to be able to complete the programme,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Lawrence Segbefia\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government is set to meet the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tomorrow to present its decision not to extend the programme. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in his mid-year budget review indicated that government\u2019s economic team will meet the board in August. Already, President Akufo-Addo has stated that government will not extend the programme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[121,32,171,11],"tags":[1144,2002,1538],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government is set to meet the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tomorrow to present its decision not to extend the programme. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in his mid-year budget review indicated that government\u2019s economic team will meet the board in August. Already, President Akufo-Addo has stated that government will not extend the programme [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-29T14:22:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-11-10T09:46:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-29T14:22:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-10T09:46:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Government is set to meet the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tomorrow to present its decision not to extend the programme. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in his mid-year budget review indicated that government\u2019s economic team will meet the board in August. Already, President Akufo-Addo has stated that government will not extend the programme [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2017-08-29T14:22:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-11-10T09:46:04+00:00","author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/","name":"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-08-29T14:22:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-10T09:46:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/ghana-meets-imf-to-finalize-exit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana meets IMF to finalize exit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}