The former Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has stated that, unlike the John Mahama-led government, the current administration implemented homegrown policies before turning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Explaining some of the homegrown policies on JoyNews‘ “Super Morning Show”, the Managing Director of the State Transport Corporation noted that the government introduced the E-Levy to help generate revenue to support the economy.
He said, “The government needs to be commended because it didn’t jump at the first sign of trouble to go to the IMF. Instead, the government decided, ‘let’s pull ourselves up by our own effort’, and introduced the E-Levy.”
Mr. Akomea further explained that “If the E-Levy had worked the way the government had anticipated, we may not have gone to the IMF.”
According to him, “under John Mahama’s administration, when the calls started coming in 2014/2015, he delayed because he was also looking for an alternative. The records are there.”
“You should rather commend the government for delaying or for seeking an alternative before finally going to the Fund,” he added.