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“Some regions benefitted from Government’s excessive spending”-IMANI Ghana

By Michael Abayateye
Franklin Cudjoe,IMANI Boss
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By Mike Abayateye

Some parts of the country have benefitted from government excessive spending while others have been left out, IMANI Ghana has revealed.

 

This was contained in today’s presentation by Head of Economics at IMANI, Patrick Stephenson on the findings of a survey in Accra.

He stated that the Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Volta region seem to have benefitted from government spending on infrastructure and economic activities.

According to Head of Economics at IMANI, Patrick Stephenson, between 80 to 95 percent of correspondents in the Central, Greater Accra, Western and Northern regions feels government has spent recklessly and immediate action must be taken in 2017 when a new government comes into power.

“They believe too much spending was done by government and the spending in the national coffers must be revised,” he stated.

But the response he said was different in the Volta, Brong Ahafo and Upper West regions as they indicated that that they were satisfied in terms of infrastructure.

“That means, certain regions economically benefited from some initiatives while others did not,”Mr. Stephenson stated.

The regions that were least responsive he said, might have gained something from government spending and are satisfied.

The survey on the economy was also to reflect on the perception of the people with regards to corruption among the District Chief Executives to the Municipal level.

It was also to access the lack of trust in the execution of contracts where most people felt it was questionable.

In all, a total of 10,020 respondents drawn from all the ten regions in Ghana were sampled for the survey and the objectives of the survey were:

1.     To weigh the level of interest of prospective voters on matters of national importance

2.     To seek to highlight which issues Ghanaian voters are passionate or care most about

3.     To determine if there are patterns among common interests

4.     To determine if there are any trends of note across the country with regards to issues

5.     To estimate whether the weight of an issue can tilt higher voter responses in a particular direction

 

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