{"id":736110,"date":"2019-11-01T17:59:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/01\/those-who-overspend-their-election-budget-end-up-in-opposition-finance-minister\/"},"modified":"2019-11-01T17:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:59:13","slug":"those-who-overspend-their-election-budget-end-up-in-opposition-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/01\/those-who-overspend-their-election-budget-end-up-in-opposition-finance-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Those who overspend their election budget end up in opposition \u2013 Finance Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/those-who-overspend-their-election-budget-end-up-in-opposition-finance-minister\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1564594199_579_2019-mid-year-budget-review_31-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"2019 mid-year budget review_31\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that political parties that overspend during election year end up in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ofori-Atta made this assertion on Accra based Peace FM, monitored by <strong>Adomonline.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Video: Sanitation officers uncover leaking septic tank in Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Finance Minister assured Ghanaians that the government will ensure it doesn\u2019t spend more than it ought to in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will hold the line with regards to election excess spending, the history is that those that overspend election year don\u2019t usually come back,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>He further said the government had come a long way in putting the economy on the right track and maintaining fiscal discipline, and was not going to allow excess spending during the election year derail what had been achieved so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve put steady hands on the economy, we\u2019ve been able to come out of International Monetary Fund, as well as put the financial sector in a good state and fixed most of the mess. All are indications that things have gone really well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Adomonline.com | Fuaad Dodoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that political parties that overspend during election year end up in opposition. Mr Ofori-Atta made this assertion on Accra based Peace FM, monitored by Adomonline.com. 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