{"id":1249049,"date":"2022-11-11T16:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T16:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/11\/ofori-atta-working-to-read-budget-statement-on-nov-24-majority-leader\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T16:47:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T16:47:59","slug":"ofori-atta-working-to-read-budget-statement-on-nov-24-majority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/11\/ofori-atta-working-to-read-budget-statement-on-nov-24-majority-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofori-Atta working to read budget statement on Nov. 24 &#8211; Majority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"429\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Ken-Ofori-Atta-1-e1595508828551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1664364839_104_Ken-Ofori-Atta-1-e1595508828551-696x429.jpg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"429\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1664364839_104_Ken-Ofori-Atta-1-e1595508828551-696x429.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ken-Ofori-Atta-1-e1595508828551\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finance Minister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has informed the legislature that he is working to ensure that the 2023 budget statement is presented to the House on November 24.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu\u00a0 who is also lawmaker for Suame said this in Parliament on Friday November 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the circumstance now, the Minister has informed us, in fact, he has written, that he would rather prefer to come here and work everything out in such a way that on the 24th, he will do the delivery here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The budget was supposed to have been presented on the 15th of November but Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu indicated earlier that it was going to be pushed forward due to the ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund\u00a0(IMF).<\/p>\n<p>He said this to journalists on Thursday November 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am yet to have discussions with the Minister responsible for Finance to determine exactly when he will be able to present to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Leader of Government business in Parliament added \u201cit will be difficult to submit to the 15th deadline, I don\u2019t know , I ma just conjecturing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing should be done which will eventually become wishy-washy. They want to have the best to be able to uplift us from where we are as a country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that being the case, if we want to do a thorough job, I think there will be too much pressure if it has to be done on the 15th,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister The Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has informed the legislature that he is working to ensure that the 2023 budget statement is presented to the House on November 24. Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu\u00a0 who is also lawmaker for Suame said this in Parliament on Friday November 11. 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