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The 2012 Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that the Bank of Ghana, under governing National Democratic Congress, has spent a whopping $6.5 billion from 2009 to date, but has failed to stabilize the value of the Ghana cedi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

According to Dr. Bawumia<\/span>, in 8-years of the administration of President John Agyekum Kufuor, the Bank of Ghana spent some $2.5 billion in non-oil foreign exchange sales to stabilize the cedi<\/span>.\u00a0 At the time the NPP left office in January 7, 2009, the cedi<\/span> traded at<\/span> GH\u00a21.<\/span>2 to $1.<\/p>\n

However, despite the $6.5 billion spent by the Bank of Ghana to intervene on<\/span> the foreign exchange market, the Ghana cedi<\/span>, according to Dr. Bawumia<\/span> is currently trading at almost GH\u00a24 to $1.<\/p>\n

He was addressing delegates from the Upper West Region during the tour of the region, Friday evening, by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia<\/span> noted that the fundamentals underlying the Ghanaian economy are out of gear.\u00a0 He also pointed out the fact that by the end of 2014 the cedi<\/span> would have depreciated by more in one year than in the entire period of the last NPP government.<\/p>\n

The former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana also revealed that Ghana’s net international foreign exchange reserves, which currently stands at some $700 million,\u00a0can now only account for less than one week of import cover.<\/p>\n

He described the situation as very precarious saying\u00a0“the bills that we owe as a nation is currently more than what we have in our reserves, and yet still the government says we are not in a crisis?”<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia<\/span> stressed that Ghana will soon have no option than to opt for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, as opposed to claims being made by government that it is not considering<\/span> a loan from the IMF.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia<\/span> indicated that the admission made by Finance Minister, Mr. Seth Terkper, on July 17 that “paying statutory funds will cripple the economy” means the economy is already crippled and on the verge of bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

“When schemes like GYEEDA, SUBAH, SADA crop up, the NDC will always find money for it. However, when statutory payments\u00a0to the NHIS, District Assemblies Common Fund, GETFund are to be made, the government will say there is no money,” Dr. Bawumia<\/span> noted.<\/p>\n

“When they say there is no money, they will tell you some dwarves came in and stole money. If it is not high rise buildings, it is speculators. If it is not speculators, they will tell you it is the redenomination of the cedi<\/span> in 2007 that is the cause of the current crisis. They really do not have a clue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ghanaians and the international community, Dr. Bawumia<\/span> noted, have lost confidence in the Ghanaian economy, and contrary to recent expressions of confidence in the economy by government officials.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia<\/span> argued that\u00a0 “You cannot manufacture confidence.\u00a0 Confidence has to be based on prudent, sound and credible policies. You cannot just wake up and try to convince people to have confidence in an economy. Unfortunately there<\/span> is no basis for this contrived confidence. If you are going to solve a problem, the first thing to do is to admit the problem. The NDC have refused<\/span> to acknowledge that the economy is in crisis, how can the problem be solved if expectations are not properly aligned?”<\/p>\n

On the decision to go for a 3rd Eurobond issue, which is expected to raise $1.5 billion to be used to fund government\u2019s capital expenditure in the 2014 Budget as well us shore up depleted foreign exchange reserves, Dr. Bawumia’s<\/span> prognosis was simple.<\/p>\n

“You cannot borrow yourself out of bankruptcy,” he said. \u00a0With Ghana\u2019s debt levels at almost 60% of GDP and interest payments in 2014 amounting to more than four times Ghana\u2019s oil revenue for the year, it is not clear how adding to the debt burden is going to get us out of the current crisis. While the Eurobond borrowing would provide additional borrowed foreign exchange to support the cedi<\/span>, the impact is bound to be temporary if the fundamentals are not addressed. Note that the Bank of Ghana has already spent some $6.5 billion of foreign exchange reserves in the last six years to no avail. So what difference will an additional $1.5 make if the underlying policies are wrong?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Source: Office of Nana Akufo-Addo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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