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Government Reaches Agreement with the Ghana Insurers Association on the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme

Government Reaches Agreement with the Ghana Insurers Association on the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme

 

Accra, Ghana, 26th January, 2023……The Government of Ghana and the Ghana Insurers Association (GIA) have reached an agreement on the participation of insurance companies in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).

Under the agreement,

  • Insurance companies will participate in the Exchange on similar terms as the Banks.
     
  • That the Government through the solvency window of the Ghana Financial Stability Fund (GFSF) will provide support for the insurance companies that are seriously affected by the DDEP. The objective is to protect jobs and the stability of the industry.

The GIA is happy to reach a deal with the Government that protects its members, but also enabling the Government to push through the necessary economic reforms at this difficult times.

This milestone on the back of the success with the banking industry, has taken the Government closer to completing the DDEP which is a key factor to restore economic stability and growth. End

 

ISSUED BY:

                                                                                    

 

       KEN OFORI-ATTA                                                                   SETH AKLASI

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA                                   GHANA INSURERS ASSOCIATION (GIA)

 

 

 

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