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The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, delivered the 2022 Mid-Year Budget in Parliament today after it was postponed due to government’s engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support.
Among other things, he gave updates on the state of the economy and what the government is doing to revive the economy. He also provided updates on programmes like NABCo, YouStart, Agenda 111 and many others.
The Finance Minister also revealed that government will toll all new roads constructed under concession agreements between the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) and the Roads and Highways Ministry.
The general public has been reacting to the news. On the back of these reactions, JoyNews' PM Express will analyze the Mid-year budget.
The panellists for the analysis are; Deputy Finance Minister, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, Honorary Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons and Member of Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr Stephen Amoah.
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