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 Introduction On Tuesday, I chanced on a webinar on the timeline of the Ministry of Finance's Facebook. I would discover that the star-studded webinar was an Economic RoundTable organized by the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the University of Ghana. This rather publicized event brought together the creme de la creme in economic issues in the country. A few names i made out included, Dr. Ebow Turkson, Dr. Kwaku Sawa, Professor. Williams Baah Boateng,Professor Peter Quartey, among other illustrious economic lumanries. In this piece, i have shared a summary of the key points that key spokespersons, ably moderated by the respected, Bernard Avle, expoused. While the matters they touched on are not new, it appears the event revealed the passion and growing concerns that these distiguished persons have had on Ghana's rather dwindling economic fortunes: The budget is central government oriented it does not reflect the full range fiscal activities in Ghana... Informal sector...

Introduction   This is turning out to be the most ridiculous lie on many fronts.Reading the article, these are the lies i detected: 1. Why will the Finance Minister, who is essentially the president's representative, snub him? Does it look this the President can openly be disregarded, especially on a matter that he has taken personal and special interest in? 2. In any event, was it not explicitly stated in the President's Statement following the release of the KPMG's report that the President had directed that SML returned to conducts its monitoring role in downstream petroleum, as the contract has provided value for the country? 3.In one breadth the writer creates an impression as though the resumption of work directive by the GRA to SML was done in secret but in another, the same article says the GRA had circulated letters to players in respect. 4. It does appear that whoever wrote this article has neither read the entire KPMG report nor understand it.Being seven diff...