Two Economists have welcomed the decision by the Finance Minister not to request supplementary funds to run government business for the 2021 fiscal year.
They were speaking to GBC News on the Mid-year budget review, the Minister presented to Parliament yesterday.
An Economist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr. Lord Mensah, advised government to provide suitable conditions for the private sector to thrive, and create more employment opportunities.
Dr. Mensah raised issues with the amount disbursed from the National Covid-19 Trust Fund.
Director of Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research, ISSER, of the University of Ghana, Prof Peter Quartey, said the assertion by the Finance Minister about the success in the implementation of the 2021 budget, is a good move for job creation.
The Finance Minister hinted of resourcing the Ghana Boundary Commission, the various security and intelligence agencies to secure the country’s borders from terrorist attacks. Security Analyst David Agbee commended the Minister for the elaborate plans on security.
General Secretary of the Small Scale Miners Association, Godwin Armah, shares some thoughts on the “Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programmes for Illegal Small Scale Miners as captured in the Mid-year budget review.
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori Attah spoke of plans to register one point two million farmers to check the smuggling of fertilizers. General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union, GAWU, Edward Kareweh said the move to register farmers is not the solution to fertilizer smuggling.