The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has expressed confidence that Ghana will close a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before the presentation of the 2023 budget in November.
He said in an interview with TV3’s Sani Abdul-Rahman, on the sidelines of the meeting with African Finance Minsters with the G7 as part of the ongoing World Bank/IMF Meetings in Washington D.C.
According to him, both the Ghana team and the IMF Mission are working 27/4 to ensure that the process moves faster.
He further indicated that the team from the Ministry of Finance that is currently in the United States will be staying beyond the period for the World Bank/International Monetary Fund meetings with African Finance Ministers, to enable them conclude discussions and negotiations.
According to Ken Ofori-Atta, it will give the team enough time to be able to come to some fair decisions on the outlook.
“We are still working through and as you know we are staying beyond the Fund, the World Bank meetings through, maybe, the 20th, so we will continue with the Mission and the work. We pray that may God give us enough time to be able to come to some fair decisions on the outlook.
“I can tell you that the Fund staff is very motivated , which is good and we are 24/7, so the combination of their own enthusiasm, our clarity on the work that has been done to fulfill the President’s promise. If you look at the turn out of discussion for this annual meeting clearly, the world is recognizing that something different has to be done. We are confident,” he said.