April 2019 (Page 2)

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 5 April, 2019 Your Excellency The Economic Management Team Ladies and Gentlemen What we saw and heard from the town hall meeting, at the auditorium of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons on Wednesday, can only happen in the land of make believe! Let us examine three different sets of analyses in H.E. Dr Bawumia’s written speech and see how soon we can find our way out of Neverland. ‘Real GDP growth (Our ability to produce goods and services in the economy) declined from 9.1% in 2008 to 3.4% in 2016.’ Clearly, H.E. Dr Bawumia, the economist, shouldRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 2 April, 2019 ‘Take this as a token of appreciation’ is the equivalent of ‘All protocol observed’ in speech delivery. Both are public relations disasters. And that was what happened on 29 March, POTROG’s 75th birthday. Those in charge of affairs within the government of Ghana are not willing to call upon those who know and they are not willing to learn. History tells us of a man who was living in his own world in some ramshackle in town. When once Alexander The Great was coming to town, everybody was preparing and rushing to see him. A concernedRead More →

By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 1 April, 2019 Greetings sir, Someway somehow your erudite expose of the recent Cedi depreciation blabbing by the “economist” advisor to H.E. Dr Bawumia, Ghana’s vice president was brought to my attention. I read every single line carefully including your probe of the advisor’s background from his LinkedIn page. You did an excellent job. I have always asked myself this question, ‘Why has no economist responded to Dr Bawumia since 2010?’. Let me explain why this question is important. In May 2012, I attended the Ferdinand Ayim Memorial Lectures delivered by Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at the auditorium of theRead More →