{"id":450271,"date":"2017-12-26T20:06:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T20:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/mps-raise-concern-over-cut-in-budgetary-allocation-to-ministries\/"},"modified":"2017-12-26T20:06:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T20:06:37","slug":"mps-raise-concern-over-cut-in-budgetary-allocation-to-ministries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/mps-raise-concern-over-cut-in-budgetary-allocation-to-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs raise concern over cut in budgetary allocation to ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Tuesday, 26 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/42808760.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Ofori Attah{ Fresh\" title=\"Ken Ofori Attah{ Fresh\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514318797_197_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Two key parliamentarians are concerned cuts in budgetary allocation to some ministries in the 2018 budget will negatively impact the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Government is giving the Roads and Highways Ministry GH\u00a2533 million next year compared to GH\u00a2871 million in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking member of Parliament\u2019s Transport Committee, Kwame Agbodza, is convinced the government lacks commitment to developing the road sector.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Agbodza is, therefore, asking the government to introduce fresh taxes to help deal with the roads problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApart from the fact that the budget for the Ministry has been reduced by more than GH\u00a2200 million, you will notice that in 2017 they promised to do a couple of things having been given almost GH\u00a2800 million [but] as far as I am aware, they haven\u2019t built one millimeter of road&#8230;they haven\u2019t constructed one single road yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there are similar complaints at the Ministry of Lands and Natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>The allocated GH\u00a2347 million for the Ministry in the 2018 budget has been criticised as inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minority Spokesperson on Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akando, says 2018 will be a bad year for the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is such an important economic ministry and I think that if we are able to look into that direction we will get a lot of benefit from that ministry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>2018 budget<\/p>\n<p>The Finance Minister delivered the 2018 Budget and Financial Statement in parliament on Monday, November 15, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Nana Akufo-Addo government intends to spend an estimated 62 billion cedis in the 2018 financial year.<\/p>\n<p>During his delivery of the 2018 budget, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that government intends to grow the economy by 6.8 percent in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This represents a 0.5 percent increase, compared to 2017 which was pegged at 6.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p><b>Below are the budgetary allocation for Ministries<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Energy &#8211; GHC 914million<\/p>\n<p>Food and Agriculture &#8211; GHC 599million<\/p>\n<p>Environment, Science, Technology &amp; Innovation &#8211; GHC 362million<\/p>\n<p>Lands and Natural Resources &#8211; GHC 347million<\/p>\n<p>Trades and Industry &#8211; GHC 419 million<\/p>\n<p>Fisheries and Aquaculture Development &#8211; GHC 57 million<\/p>\n<p>Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts &#8211; GHC 75 million<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"190\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/myjoyonline.com\/ghana-media\/audio_share.php?audio3=http:\/\/zeno-devlab.s3.amazonaws.com\/media\/35036\/5a429c560a0100b7f0c551aa\/BUD-RED.mp3&amp;title=Kwame Agbodza on Roads&amp;date=26th December, 2017\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/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 Tuesday, 26 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-26 Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister Two key parliamentarians are concerned cuts in budgetary allocation to some ministries in the 2018 budget will negatively impact the economy. 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