Ken Ofori-Atta <\/strong><\/p>\nThe Finance Minister,
\nKen Ofori-Atta, has said the numerous roads the erstwhile Mahama government
\nclaimed it constructed between 2012 and 2016 have miraculously been found in
\nthe party\u2019s propaganda document called the Green Book, but in reality those
\nroads and other infrastructural projects do not exist.<\/p>\n
He said the Akufo-Addo
\ngovernment would not follow the National Democratic Congress (NDC) example, but
\nwould rather ensure that any road and other infrastructural project budgeted
\nfor is done for the benefit of the country since the money is ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have looked beyond
\nthe legendary Green Book of bold but many unsubstantiated claims of
\ninfrastructural projects fabricated and built, but in those beautiful pages for
\nour predecessors\u2019 2016 campaign.\u00a0 We have
\nplanned for them and have found the money to do far more than what the Green
\nBook authors (NDC) achieved,\u201d the minister fired in Parliament yesterday during
\nthe mid-year budget review.<\/p>\n
He said emphatically,
\n\u201cFellow Ghanaians, I wish to plead with you and assure you that the Akufo-Addo
\ngovernment will fix your roads and we shall fix them; not with words and
\npictures.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Finance Minister has
\nconfirmed a similar observation made by President Akufo-Addo at Assin Jakai in
\nthe Central Region last week when he said, \u201cThe road infrastructure the NDC
\nboasted about can only be found in the Green Book.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luxury Tax<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Finance Minister
\nsaid the government is also withdrawing the luxury vehicle levy\u00a0 introduced in 2018 to raise revenue following
\nsuggestions from the public that it was business unfriendly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a listening government,
\nwe are proposing to the House the withdrawal of the levy. We will continue to
\nimprove compliance, expand the tax net and explore other innovative sources of
\nraising revenue,\u201d he announced.<\/p>\n
He said as part of the resolve
\nto ensure that the 2019 Budget was implemented as planned, additional revenue
\nmeasures like the proposal to increase Communication Service Tax to nine per cent
\nhas been done.<\/p>\n
He said it would develop
\nthe foundation for the creation of a viable technology ecosystem in the country
\nwhen approved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will comprise
\namongst others putting in systems to identify and combat cybercrime, protect
\nusers of information technology and combat money laundering and other financial
\ncrimes. The increase will not be earmarked, however, the sharing ratio will be
\nadjusted in such a manner that the national youth employment programmes will continue
\nto receive the same proportions as they are currently receiving,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Procurement Savings<\/strong><\/p>\nMr Ofori-Atta said the Public
\nProcurement Authority saved GH\u00a22.7 billion in 31 months for the country when in
\nthe entire four years of the NDC administration, they saved nothing.<\/p>\n
He said the savings were
\nmade between January 2017 and July 2019 from sole sourced and restrictive
\ntendering contracts, explaining, \u201cIn a space of 31 months by reviewing
\ncontracts that were either sole sourced or procured through restrictive tendering,
\nthe Akufo-Addo administration has made savings of 2.75 billion, which breaks
\ndown to 800 million in 2017, 1.1 billion in 2018 and 1.085 billion in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPermit me to compare
\nthese savings made by the PPA under this administration to what happened under
\nthe previous one even though more contracts were awarded through sole sourcing
\nand restricting tender annually than any year under the government.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2013, savings
\nregistered was 0 cedis; in 2014 again, savings amounted to 0 cedis; in 2015
\nsavings made totalled 0 cedis; in 2016 again, the PPMA 0 cedis in savings. When
\nit comes to how tax payers have been managed, the facts speak loudly,\u201d he
\nrevealed.<\/p>\n
Bright Future<\/strong><\/p>\nThe minister said that Ghana\u2019s
\nfuture was bright and posterity would be kind to President Akufo-Addo for
\nintroducing the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) initiative.<\/p>\n
\u201cFree SHS programme has
\nchanged the cause of this nation forever and posterity will thank the President
\nof the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for
\nmaking it possible for our young people to realise their future dreams and
\naspirations through free education,\u201d he said during the presentation of the
\n2019 mid-year budget review in Parliament yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccess to secondary
\neducation in this country has never been higher. The innovative temporary
\ndouble-track system currently being implemented has helped to accommodate the
\nnumbers, affording each child the possibility of accessing secondary education.
\nGovernment has responded to this increased demand with accelerated infrastructure
\ndelivery,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
GH\u00a26.37
\nBillion Request<\/strong><\/p>\nIn the final analysis, he said the government is
\nrequesting an additional GH\u00a26.37 billion to add to the original budget of
\nGH\u00a278.7 billion for the 2019 Fiscal Year.<\/p>\n
This will bring to GH\u00a285.1 billion the total amount it needs for its operations this year.<\/p>\n
By Samuel Baodi & Thomas Fosu Jnr <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ken Ofori-Atta The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the numerous roads the erstwhile Mahama government claimed it constructed between 2012 and 2016 have miraculously been found in the party\u2019s propaganda document called the Green Book, but in reality those roads and other infrastructural projects do not exist. He said the Akufo-Addo government would not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":667733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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