[ 2017-03-02 ]

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present government's maiden budget statement

2017 Budget: Ofori-Atta needs prayers – Jackson
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta needs prayers as
he prepares to deliver the Akufo-Addo
government’s budget for the fiscal year,
financial analyst Joseph Jackson has said.

According to him, the expectations Ghanaians have
of the Akufo-Addo-led government are very high, a
situation that will pile pressure on the Finance
Minister to find money to fulfill all the promises
that were made by the NPP ahead of last year’s
elections.

Mr Ofori-Atta will be delivering the budget on
Thursday, 2 March. He is expected to outline
measures and sources of funding for the
implementation of programmes such as Free SHS,
establishment of 216 factories in every district
of the country, the construction of an irrigation
dam in every farming village in the three regions
up north and the disbursement of $275million to
all the constituencies in the country for
industrialisation purposes.

Speaking in an interview with Emefa Apawu on
Class91.3FM’s 505 programme on Wednesday, 1
March, Mr Jackson said: “The bar is very high
and unfortunately Ghanaians have very high
expectations from this government. We have very
high expectations and the bar is very high so
truly you have got to say a prayer for honourable
Ken Ofori-Atta.”

Source - newsmangh.com

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