{"id":443564,"date":"2017-12-04T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/minority-to-resist-approval-of-2018-budget\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:22:34","slug":"minority-to-resist-approval-of-2018-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/minority-to-resist-approval-of-2018-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority to resist approval of 2018 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/71077227.295.jpg\" alt=\"Haruna Iddrisu Neat\" title=\"Haruna Iddrisu Neat\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512408154_385_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minority in Parliament has hinted that it will resist the approval of the 2018 budget on Tuesday, December 5.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC MPs have maintained that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta breached the public finance management act in the presentation of the mid-year budget review.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a workshop for parliamentary press corps, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu disclosed that his side will strongly make their case during the final debate on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an act which is in place which governs all the matters relating to the financial procedure of Parliament, are in breach of it or are we in honour of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can have the numbers but your numbers cannot override the laws of Ghana and I say so without any fear of contradiction that a majority party cannot with its numbers override the laws of Ghana\u2026we must respect the laws of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Budget themed \u201cPutting Ghana back to work\u201d is informed by President Akufo-Addo\u2019s coordinated programme for economic and social development policies which aims at creating a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive, propel growth and create employment opportunities, especially for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, on Wednesday, November 15, is also seeking the approval to spend some GH\u00a261 billion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Monday, 4 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-04 Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader The Minority in Parliament has hinted that it will resist the approval of the 2018 budget on Tuesday, December 5. 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