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The NPP National Advocacy Association Of Ghana says the Government cannot be blamed for its decision to engage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout. The Association said the move had become necessarily in the wake of the seeming global economic crisis that had reversed the positive gains recorded by the Akufo-Addo Government in recent years. In a statement signed by the Association’s National Secretary, Dr Michael Kojo Kyeremateng, it accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of “frustrating” the passage of the E-Levy, which was intended to shore up Government’s revenue in a bid to revive the economy. It said the NDC lacked the moral right to criticise the Government’s engagement’s with the IMF, saying that the Government’s inability to realise the revenue targets from the E-Levy was as a result of the opposition’s campaign against it. “In the quest to get the economy back on its feet, the Government introduced the E- Levy which was and is the only remedy to help Gh...

 The National Advocacy Association under the auspices of the New Patriotic Party has wave back at the National Democratic Congress over their heavy critics against the government decision to seek support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the group, the present government requesting IMF support is different from the last NDC administration. The group added that the Akufo-Addo's Government is seeking IMF support under the unfortunate circumstances of global economic crisis, and the quest to maintain the implementation of its flagship policies and programmes especially Free SHS/TVET, YouStart Policy, Infrastructure projects etc unlike the NDC who went to the IMF for mismanaging the economy. The group is of the view that, reasons the E-Levy is facing backlash despite it's implementation is as the result of NDC's opposition baseless critics convincing Ghanaians from the start. "In the quest to get back the economy on it feet, the government introduc...