Mahama Inaugurates Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy
President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated the Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy (PAGE).
According to him, their expertise spans fiscal policy, monetary management, capital markets, private enterprise, academia, and the real economy.
In his address, he said he expected the advisory group to deliver frank, independent, and evidence-based advice anchored in our long-term national interest.
“We face tough challenges ahead, including rebuilding from debt distress and restoring investor confidence. Their counsel must help us restore fiscal discipline, attract investment, and re-establish Ghana as a serious, predictable, and competitive economy.”
“This is not simply about recovery. It is about institutional reform, structural transformation, and a permanent reset of our economic governance culture. This administration will work to write Ghana’s success story.”
Chaired by the President and Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, members of the group include Industrialist Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, Economist and Private Sector Leader Kwame Pianim, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana Kwabena Duffuor and Economist and Private Sector Leader Togbe Afede XIV.
Other members of the Committee include Mr. Ishmael Yamson, Private Sector Leader; Ms. Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry; Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Economist, Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and Former Minister for Finance; and Mr. Ato Brown, Former World Bank Infrastructure Specialist and Agribusiness Investor.
The rest are Dr. Henry A. Kofi Wampah, Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana; Ms. Abena Amoah, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Stock Exchange; Prof. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, University Professor and Academic Researcher; and Prof. Patience Aseweh Abor, Ph.D., University Professor and Academic Researcher.
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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