Majority Leader in Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has indicated that any Minister of State, whether for Roads or for Communications, can be nominated by the President to present the budget statement to Parliament.<\/b><\/p>\n
At the time of the presentation, he explained, that person will act as the Minister responsible for Finance in the interim.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Parliament on Friday November 11, the Leader of Government Business in Parliament said \u201cArticle 179 states that the President shall cause to be prepared and laid before Parliament at least one month before the end of the financial year, estimates of the revenues and expenditure of the Government of Ghana for the following financial year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe budget statement and economic policy is the President\u2019s own work programme for the country into the ensuing financial year. The President refers that to Parliament through the Minister of Finance.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny Minister of State is capable of being nominated by the President of Ghana to do that. At the time, that Minister will be described temporarily, as Minister responsible for Finance, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that it should be done mainly by the Minister of Finance. This explains the reason why the other day, when the Minister of Finance was indisposed, I was tasked to stand in for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will suggest to you that we could even have the Minister responsible for Communications or the Minister responsible for Roads to be here. We could have also have the Minister responsible for Finance to be here to do that. The answer, as I told you, lies in Article 179, the language is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu further indicated\u00a0that 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.<\/p>\n
\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
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\u00a0International Monetary Fund\u00a0(IMF).<\/p>\n
He said this to journalists on Thursday November 3.<\/p>\n
\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
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
\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
\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
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