Okay time to declassify wires. IMANI leaks on the supposed capitulation before the Ghana Statistical Service. Note the dates and persons present in the meeting. There is no AMUZU, the man making claims about my capitulation. (Not that Im beyond being taught. Just that he is lying!!! Read all and share..... 1. Franklin Cudjoe Good Meeting/ IMANI & Ghana Statistical Service Franklin Cudjoe Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Cc: komasare@yahoo , philo141@yahoo , [email protected] Dear Dr. Grace Bediako, It was a real pleasure meeting you, your two deputies and the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Statistical Service.(GSS). Our discussions were open, frank and respectful. I was particularly struck by the humility, a rare commodity within our public service space, with which you conducted the meeting. Thank you for your suggestions on how we at IMANI can improve on our work. As I mentioned, I will be following up on possible collaboration with the IMF on deepening pubic understanding of everything statistics in Ghana. My colleagues and I at IMANI do not think it is proper for the view to be held that there was a fundamental mistrust of statistics in Ghana, making major users of statistics find it easier to cite World Bank and IMF, even CIA statistics than rely on the GSS. As I mentioned during our meeting and post meeting thoughts, to make statistics more acceptable to the key users and government agencies, it must be clearer and widely acceptable on how they are collected. The following i what statistics should be collected - it seems the GSS collects all kinds of statistics and data most of which may not be very useful - Perhaps a relook would be helpful. ii how the key statistics are collected. Is the basket for calculating inflation really valid, how often must it be reviewed? iii a system to ensure that the GSS focus on user needs and requirements, sort of respond to your market iv the GSS must communicate better its work, it must ensure its targets are well informed of its work in order to appreciate the challenges. v the GSS must command the leadership and trust , so that other agencies (such as National Identification Authority, National Health Insurance Agency and the Electoral Commission etc) stop replicating its work and rather use its base data and add to it where needed to stop the needless expenses and duplication in data collection. As I mentioned during the meeting, we at IMANI are ready to learn, collaborate and help better inform the public about the GSSs work and its potential. And yes, we would be giving closer attention to the issue of irresponsible behaviour/indiscipline within our body politic as you requested. Thank you again. -- Respectfully yours, Franklin Cudjoe *Franklin Cudjoe is head of Ghanaian think tank, IMANI, a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated to fostering public awareness of important policy issues concerning business, government and civil society. He is also editor of AfricanLiberty.org The Foreign Policy Magazine named IMANI, the fifth most influential think tank in Africa in 2010. Franklin was named Young Global Leader 2010 by the World Economic Forum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEAK 2. HELPING THE GHANA STATISTICAL SERVICE . NOTE THE DATE Franklin Cudjoe Good Meeting/ IMANI & Ghana Statistical Service Franklin Cudjoe Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:41 PM To: [email protected] , grace bediako Cc: Bright@imanighana, [email protected] Dear Dr. Bediako, Congratulations for navigating the difficult aftermath of the recently conducted census in Ghana and successfully releasing the provisional results. In our recent interactions with your senior team and yourself, you indicated a strong interest in improving the capacity of the Statistical Service in the conduct of post-census activities, other surveys and mapping exercises. In that light, we are delighted to introduce you to the President of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) - Dr. Pereira Nunes, whose Institute recently conducted a fully electronic enumeration exercise in Brazil in which PDA hand-held devices were used to capture all vital data on nearly 200 million Brazillians. Dr. Nunes is happy to meet your team and discuss areas of possible cooperation around: 1. Experience-sharing 2. Formal Partnership 3. Transfer of Technology and 4. Lobbying of the relevant overseas cooperation agencies in Brazil to fund the partnership and tech transfer components of the proposed cooperation We hope that the Ghana Statistical Service, under your able leadership, shall be able to make some space, notwithstanding your busy schedule, to engage in this mutually rewarding engagement. Our colleagues held very fruitful meetings with Dr. Nunes in Paris, during which he graciously indicated his interest in such an arrangement. Thank you. -- Respectfully yours, Franklin Cudjoe ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR. GRACE BEDIAKOS RESPONSE! Good Meeting/ IMANI & Ghana Statistical Service Dr. Grace Bediako Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:35 AM To: Franklin Cudjoe Cc: grace bediako , Bright@imanighana, [email protected] Dear Franklin Thanks for the follow up I all believe the meeting was very fruitful. We would certainly be happy to meet with The President of the Statistical Office of Brazil. I shall get back to you shortly with more detailed response. Regards, Grace -- Dr. Grace Bediako Government Statistician Ghana Statistical Service Bright Simons Selorm Branttie Kofi B Bentil Alexis Kwame Amey Guy Foxx Kwasi Adarkwa Marcia Mamaa Kayie Ashong Kwame Tieku Kwadwo Nyamba Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta Nana Asante Nana Kwadwo Owusu Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko Senyo Hosi H Kwasi Prempeh Kobby Addison Patrick Kwabena Stephenson Samuel K. Obour Sam Ameyaw Samuel Acquah-Young Samuel Attah-MensahRichard Dela Sky Mawuli Tsikata Richard Mensah Alhassan Suhuyini Stan Xoese Dogbe Kwame Boafo Akuffo Kojo Anan Ankomah Egbert Faibille. 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