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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Former President John Dramani Mahama Monday called on the Government to take full responsibility for the economic hardship Ghanaians are facing and focus on expenditure reduction.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cGhana is currently on her knees for a bailout with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amidst intensifying hardships, rising cost of living and a depreciating cedi,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Mahama, contesting the flagbearer position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), was addressing party executives in the Krachi East Constituency on his campaign tour.<\/p>\n

He urged the Government to focus on social intervention programmes and reduce expenditure, taking into consideration that the present IMF programme would be different from all bailouts the country had ever engaged in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be the first of its kind the nation embarks on an IMF programme with debts restructure\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the NDC\u2019s greater concern was that the Government rejected every reasonable and constructive suggestion from others on working together for economic improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment must stop blaming the Ukraine-Russia war for the economic hardship in the country and explain the exact challenges to the citizenry,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Former President Mahama is expected to visit Krachi, Nkwanta North, Nkwanta South and end his campaign tour at the Akan Constituency in the Kadjebi District.<\/p>\n

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Former President John Dramani Mahama Monday called on the Government to take full responsibility for the economic hardship Ghanaians are facing and focus on expenditure reduction. \u201cGhana is currently on her knees for a bailout with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amidst intensifying hardships, rising cost of living and a depreciating cedi,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-40135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nGov\u2019t should take full responsibility for economic hardship \u2013 Mahama - Ghana<\/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:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-should-take-full-responsibility-for-economic-hardship-mahama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov\u2019t should take full responsibility for economic hardship \u2013 Mahama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Ghana. 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