Africa-Press – Ghana. Mr Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the Deputy Finance Minister, has assured President John Dramani Mahama that his four-year administration will end without a scandal.
The Deputy Minister gave the assurance in his address at the opening of the Third Conference of the African Association of Accountants General (AAAG) in Accra.
The four-day Conference, which was opened by President John Dramani Mahama on the theme: “Africa of Tomorrow: Positioning PFM for Economic Prosperity,” is being attended by 23 Accountants-General from across Africa.
Mr Ampem said just last week, the President made a statement that had sent shivers down the spine of all his appointees.
He said the President had warned that he would crack the whip on any of his appointees, who would bring scandal to his government.
“And so, if you meet any appointee, let me be sure that I’m not the first to bring scandal to President Mahama’s government,” he said.
The Deputy Minister said this was putting the President’s appointees on their toes.
“It is important that public officers are constantly reminded of what they must do and must not do. And so, President Mahama, thank you for providing that leadership,” he stated.
“It has been 10 months of no scandal. Hopefully, we’ll end the first year with no scandal. Second year, third year, and the administration will end without a scandal.”
Mr Ampem noted that in Ghana, the current leadership was delivering results. He said over the last 10 months, Ghana had embarked on significant reforms to the Public Financial Management (PFM) system; these include the reforms that introduce new and robust fiscal rules, strengthening of fiscal institutions, numerical threshold on debt levels, and amendments that link procurement to budget processes to prevent arrears accumulation.
“The results have been seen in remarkable turnaround in Ghana’s public finances. Macro-economic stability is strongly retained. Market sentiments have significantly improved.”
Mr Ampem said credit ratings had been upgraded and that these gains reflected a bold, disciplined, and integrity-driven economic governance agenda championed by President Mahama.
He said under President Mahama’s leadership, they had stayed focused on deepening PFM reforms.
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