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The majority leader in parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is reading the 2021 budget and economic policy for the year on behalf of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta who is currently in the United States to seek medical care. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made the decision to allow the Minister for Parliamentary …

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Thursday evening confirmed that Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame will present the budget statement of the government of Ghana for 2021. The presentation of the budget is normally done by the Finance Minister on the authority of the President. This year, however, the shift had …

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, will present the 2021 Budget Statement tomorrow, Friday 12, 2021. The presentation is scheduled to take place in Parliament at about 10:00am. He is stepping in the shoes of the Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, who is taking treatment in the US. There had been speculations …

The budget reading for 2021 is rearing to suffer some hiccups in terms of time constraints and pressure on the House and its Committees to work with conventional due diligence. The Budget process involves discussions, debates and approving government economic policies and approval of appropriations for the various Ministries, Departments …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo snubbed Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen when he designated the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and leader of government business in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to read the 2021 Budget Statement in Parliament on Friday, March 12. The two NPP stalwarts, Alan …

There’s been some skepticism as to who will be delivering government’s 2021 Budget Statement and Economic Policy before Parliament next week. The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta is currently in the United States undergoing treatment for post-COVID-19 complications. His doctors however have advised him to stay on for another two weeks for further observation and …

President Akufo-Addo has elected Alan Kyerematen to present government’s budget statement for 2021. Mr Kyerematen will deliver the budget before Parliament after he is sworn into office following the approval of his nomination by the House. The Trade minister-designate has had to take on the exercise because the finance minister-designate, who has …

2021 EXPENDITURE IN ADVANCE OF APPROPRIATION WEDNESDAY, 28TH OCTOBER, 2020 SUBMITTED BY KEN OFORI-ATTA MINISTER FOR FINANCE ON THE AUTHORITY OF HIS EXCELLENCY NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA 1. Right Honourable Speaker, in accordance with Article 180 of the 1992 Constitution, and in line with …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the government budget statement for the first quarter of the 2021 fiscal year to Parliament today, Wednesday, October 28. He is expected to announce key decisions including measures to resuscitate the economy following the coronavirus pandemic. In the event the governing party wins this year’s election, …

Government has issued the budget guidelines for the 2021-2024 fiscal period, which will facilitate the preparation of the 2021 budget by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Importantly, the guidelines reveal the key fiscal targets for 2021 as well. However, with general …