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Government To Present 2015 Budget To Parliament Today, What Are Your Expectations?

The legislative arm of Government of Ghana will look forward today to listen and approve the budget for 2015 fiscal year.

The Minister for Finance, Seth Emmanuel Terkper, will today present the 2015 Budget Statement and Financial Policy of the government before Parliament.

The Minister, on July 16, this year appeared before the law makers and presented a revised macroeconomic framework and assumptions underlying the 2014 Budget that was presented to the House in November 2013.

Hon. Seth Emmanuel Terkper's presentation will focus on the performances of the various sectors and sub-sectors. He is expected to review the performances of the ICT, financial and insurance, public administration and defense, social security, and health sub-sectors fared under the service sector.

He will also report on the contribution of the mining and quarrying, electricity, and construction sub-sectors to the overall performance of the industry sector as well as the crop, livestock and fishing sub-sectors to the agriculture sector.

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In terms of sector shares, the Finance Minister will tell the parliament how the various sectors contributed to the overall GDP.

On monetary aspects, Mr. Terkper will give the monetary aggregates for the year, interest rate, and exchange rate developments for the year.

On fiscal performance of the government, he will present to the House, how revenue were mobilized as well as the government’s expenditure for the year.

Hon. Terkper will then present the targets for the year ending December 31, 2015 and how those targets would be achieved.

What are your expectations from the budget to be presented today?

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