The National Liberation Council (NLC)
Major Joseph Arthur Ankrah
Formed government 24 February 1966 to 1 October 1969.
Came Into Power By: coup d'état
Coup Collaborators:
The Ghana Police Service
Ghana Armed Forces
Ghana Civil Service
CIA-supported
United States (then under Lyndon B. Johnson)
Britain (under PM Harold Wilson)
Government Implementation: Structural adjustment policies recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
Government Finances: Money in the national budget shifted away from agriculture and industrialization towards the military.
Foreign Companies: Foreign conglomerates operated on extremely favorable terms.
FACTORIES
- Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC)
- Norway Cement Export
- Abbott Laboratories
- Total of 20 Corporations Created