The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, will, later today, [Thursday], March 2, 2017, present the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament.
The Budget Statement, the first of President Nana Akufo-Addo's government is expected to focus on stimulating growth and job creation through private sector development.
According to a statement from the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Finance, "it [budget] will aim at getting Ghana working again".
The budget would include measures to restore fiscal discipline and good economic governance, transparent and accountable use of public resources in accordance with the new Public Financial Management Law and to provide a credible basis for economic policy clarity going forward, the statement added.
Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament wants the Budget to provide clarity on whether the government would continue the various uncompleted projects of the previous government.
According to the group, they are expecting the Budget to allocate resources for such projects if the government was indeed committed to completing them as promised by the President.