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Finance Minister to introduce 2022 Mid-Year Review Budget to Parliament
Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, will on Wednesday, July 13, present the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government and Supplementary Estimate for the 2022 Financial Year to Parliament.
Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader, who reported this on the floor of Parliament, when he introduced the business articulation of the House for the week finishing Friday, July 8, 2022, said this was in accordance with the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921).
The Majority Leader said the Minister of Interior, who is additionally liable for National Identification Authority (NIA) would on Wednesday, July 6, go to the House to brief Members on the difficulties the Authority was confronting with respect to the printing and issuance of the ECOWAS Identity Card otherwise called the "Ghana Card" to the populace.
He noticed that heads of the House were firming up conversations with the Minister liable for National Security to brief Parliament at a nearby sitting on issues relating to the security of the State, especially having respect to the new spate of fear based oppressor assaults inside the West Africa sub-locale.
He said administration was still in conversations with Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, to brief the House on the remuneration bundle by the Government to poultry ranchers who were affected by the episode of the exceptionally pathogenic avian flu in 2021.
He said the fitting date for the preparation would be imparted to Members during over the resulting week, however it will most presumably, be Tuesday, July 5.
Mr. Osei-Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said the Business Committee had not booked any Minister to answer questions asked by Members on Friday, July eighth, this he made sense of was considering the way that a Cabinet retreat was planned for the said date which would require the presence and investment of all Cabinet Ministers.
He said notwithstanding any unanticipated conditions, the House was supposed to conclude sine kick the bucket on Thursday, 28th July, saying "This is dependent upon affirmation with Right Honorable Speaker upon his re-visitation of Ghana on July 6."
He said this early deferment of the House was to empower the Speaker and an individuals from the Leadership of the House to partake in a legal global gathering during the last seven day stretch of July.
He said concerning this turn of events, the Business Committee again was encouraging Committees with references to chip away at same for thought of the House speedily.
"In that equivalent vein, the Committee is likewise asking the different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to present to Parliament any administration business that would require the consideration of the House before deferment sine kick the bucket."
The Majority Leader said for the resulting week, six priests are supposed to go to the House to answer 31 inquiries.
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