President John Mahama has instructed Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson to take immediate steps to address the financial discontinuity caused by the suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) program in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The USAID program, established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, aims to provide foreign aid and promote growth and development in countries in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspension of the USAID program has resulted in a significant funding gap, reportedly $156 million. To mitigate this, President Mahama has directed the Finance Minister to implement measures to bridge this gap and ensure continuity of development projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s worth noting that the USAID program has been a crucial source of support for Ghana’s development efforts. The suspension of the program has raised concerns about the potential impact on the country’s economic growth and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Mahama Directs Finance Minister to Address USAID Funding Gap<\/p>\n
President John Mahama has instructed Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson to take immediate steps to address the financial discontinuity caused by the suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) program in Ghana. <\/p>\n
The USAID program, established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, aims to provide foreign aid and promote growth and development in countries in need.<\/p>\n
The suspension of the USAID program has resulted in a significant funding gap, reportedly $156 million. To mitigate this, President Mahama has directed the Finance Minister to implement measures to bridge this gap and ensure continuity of development projects.<\/p>\n
It’s worth noting that the USAID program has been a crucial source of support for Ghana’s development efforts. The suspension of the program has raised concerns about the potential impact on the country’s economic growth and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5722,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5719\/revisions\/5722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}