A former Finance Minister, Prof Kwesi Botchwey, is scheduled to speak at an Independence Day Lecture in Accra on Monday, March 7, 2022.
The maiden lecture is on the theme: “On the State of the Nation’s Economy and Politics: 65 Years After Independence – The Path to Sustainable Development and Democratic Consolidation.”
The lecture is designed to provide a constructive platform for engaging and shaping solutions for the socio-economic challenges and prospects of Ghana.
There will be a panel and audience discussion to review and reflect on the subject and issues raised during the lecture.
It is being organised by the OneGhana Movement, a thought leadership and social action not-for-profit organisation, in partnership with the Department of Economics and School of Social Sciences of the University of Ghana-Legon.
Ghanaians will keenly listen to the country’s longest-serving Finance Minister, who steered affairs from 1982 to 1995, to find out if he will make proposals to address the current economic challenges.
Having been in charge of the economy at the time Ghana executed several programmes with Briton Woods institutions, Ghanaians are anxious to hear his views on whether the country should go to International Monetary Fund (IMF) or not.
In case he has views about the raging debate on Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy), it will be of much interest to many Ghanaians.
OneGhana Movement seeks to promote public policy accountability, seek to promote civic responsibility and promote the prioritisation of the national interest over partisan politics.
It also seeks to influence the Ghanaian society, and by harnessing the power of our collective insights, it hopes to shape the orientation of policymakers and inspire the citizenry to action.
The mission of OneGhana Movement is promoting citizen and policy accountability and the prioritisation of the national interest over partisan politics by employing policy analysis, advocacy, legal and financial interventions to drive social and political change in Ghana.
Source: myjoyonline.com
