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Minority \n Leader,\u00a0Haruna Iddrisu, has said the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, \nwill cook up figures in the 2020 budget on November 13, 2019 in his bid \nto present good image of the economy.<\/p>\n
During \n a pre-budget press conference on Monday, opposition National Democratic \n Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, \nnoted that because many figures have not been accounted under the \ncurrent government, this will enable the Finance Minister to \u201cmassage \nthe numbers\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere \n are many happenings in the country including numbers that are being \nhidden \u2014 from dollars, from the IMF, from the Ghanaian public \u2014 which \nwill allow him [Finance Minister] to have cooked numbers in order to \njustify what deficit he wants to sell to the Ghanaian people,\u201d Mr \nIddrisu said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe \n know that the Finance Minister is preparing to come to Parliament with \nsome mashed potatoes on Wednesday,\u00a0 of massaged numbers in order to \njustify that he is doing well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
Mr \n Ken Ofori-Atta is to present the 2020 budget and financial policy of \nthe government to Parliament on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.<\/p>\n
The Finance Minister has disclosed that the 2020 budget statement will focus on sustaining gains made over the past three years.<\/p>\n
The \n Minister said the 2020 budget will also \u201cmake sure that uncompleted \nroads and ongoing flagship projects are done and\u00a0improve the country\u2019s \nexport drive as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
This budget will be the fourth under the current administration.<\/p>\n
The \n Minority Leader was however hopeful that the people of Ghana will not \nbe deceived but pay keen attention to the Finance Minister and make \ntheir own judgments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader Minority Leader,\u00a0Haruna Iddrisu, has said the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will cook up figures in the 2020 budget on November 13, 2019 in his bid to present good image of the economy. During a pre-budget press conference on Monday, opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":742420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n
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