President John Dramani Mahama has established a 12-member Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, comprising experts from academia, public service, and the private sector, to provide strategic guidance on national economic issues.
The group includes Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, economist and private sector leader Mr. Kwame Pianim, renowned private sector leader and industrialist Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, Mr. Ishmael Yamson, private sector leader and former member of PAGE, Ms Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, former Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry and former member of PAGE, 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.
Additional members include Dr. Henry A. Kofi Wampah, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Togbe Afede XIV, economist and private sector leader, 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.
As a non-partisan advisory body to the President, the group’s primary function will be to offer strategic guidance on macroeconomic management, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, and coordination between fiscal and monetary policy.
Furthermore, it will advise on structural transformation, industrial development, competitiveness, and export-led growth, as well as provide guidance on sectoral development, private sector expansion, investment mobilization, and sustainable job creation.
The advisory group will conduct periodic assessments of Ghana’s economic performance and recommend policy adjustments where necessary.
It will also contribute expert input to Ghana’s engagements with bilateral and multilateral development partners, international financial institutions, and investors. The group will report directly to the President and submit advisory briefs and memoranda as requested, including periodic strategic reviews.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
