{"id":667513,"date":"2019-07-30T02:56:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T02:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p> <strong>Ken Ofori-Atta <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has concluded his presentation of the 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review, appealing to Parliament to approve an amount of GH\u00a26,370,355,925.82 as supplementary estimates"},"modified":"2019-07-30T02:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T02:56:59","slug":"govt-seeks-gh%c2%a2-6-3-bn-in-supplementary-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/30\/govt-seeks-gh%c2%a2-6-3-bn-in-supplementary-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t Seeks GH\u00a2 6.3 bn In Supplementary Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <strong>Ken Ofori-Atta <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has concluded his presentation of the 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review, appealing to Parliament to approve an amount of GH\u00a26,370,355,925.82 as supplementary estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding his presentation today in Parliament, Mr. Ofori-Atta said \u201cMr. Speaker, consistent with Article 179 (8) of the 1992 Constitution and<br \/>Standing Order 143 of this august House I beg to move that this House<br \/>consider and approve an amount of GH\u00a26,370,355,925.82 as supplementary<br \/>estimates to the original appropriation of GH\u00a278,771,833,602.82 to bring<br \/>the revised total appropriation to GH\u00a285,142,189,527.94.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Budget Review focused mainly on revenue mobilization for embarking on infrastructural projects.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister assured Ghanaians that many road projects were going to be undertaken by the President Akufo-Addo\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Ofori-Atta Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has concluded his presentation of the 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review, appealing to Parliament to approve an amount of GH\u00a26,370,355,925.82 as supplementary estimates. 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