A few days after his arrival in the nation, the new mission chief for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ghana, Stephane Roudet, met with Ken Ofori Atta and his staff.
Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, the Bank of Ghana’s First Deputy Governor, joined Mr. Roudet, whose appointment became effective on September 1, 2022.
The visit by Mr. Roudet provides the groundwork for a complete mission by the end of September 2022.
As the country is ready to enter an IMF programme this year, he will also be calling on the leaders of important government institutions.
Mr. Roudet reaffirmed his commitment, as well as that of his team, to advancing talks in support of the Ghanaian government’s economic policy to increase investor confidence.
Carlo Sdralevich, who will take on another assignment in the IMF’s Finance Department, is being replaced by Mr. Roudet.
His presence comes a day after Kristalina Georgiva, the managing director of the IMF, reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to achieving an agreement with the government for an economic program by the end of this year.
Madam Georgiva said, “I’m very determined for us to indeed reach an agreement with Ghana by the end of this year [2022]. We started very constructive discussions already. And to the people of Ghana, like everybody on this planet you have been hurt by exogenous shocks; first the pandemic, then Russian/Ukraine war”.
“And that we need to realise that it’s not because of bad policies in the country, but because of these combinations of shocks. Therefore, we have to support Ghana because you are a member, you are a strong country, you have fantastic people”, she stressed.
Akua Karle Okyere
Akua Karle Okyere is a lifestyle blogger at The Vocal Ghanaian and also a PR technician. She enjoys researching on travels and tours and writing fictional stories in her leisure time.