Ken Ofori-Atta will present the 2024 budget in Parliament Today

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the government’s 2024 Annual Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament today, November 15.

This is a constitutional exercise to be carried out by the Finance Minister on behalf of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The presentation of the budget was in doubt as there was no communiqué from the Finance Ministry, but a Tuesday, November 14 statement affirmed and assured the presentation.

“In accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 21 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the Minister for Finance will, on behalf of the President, lay before Parliament the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana for the 2024 Financial Year on Wednesday, November 15, 2023,” the Ministry’s statement announced.
The minority in parliament has expressed low hope in the budget projecting the introduction of new taxes.

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