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Wednesday October 27, 2021
The true costs of government spending
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ITC boss engages Ghanaian SME exporters on key project outcomes
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2022 budget has to match needs of populace—Speaker By Eugene Davis ugendavis@gmail.com
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By Eugene Davis
he Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called on members to brace themselves for the new meeting of Parliament and take active interest in the 2022 budget presentation, which he said has to “match the needs of our people”. Addressing members during the first sitting of the third meeting of Parliament, he christened the meeting the “Budget Meeting”, explaining that the House will perform its critical oversight and accountability function. Cont’d on page 2
Minority in Parliament wants Special Petroleum Tax scrapped ugendavis@gmail.com
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he Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, John Abdulai Jinapor, has asked government to suspend the Special Petroleum Tax on petroleum products in the 2022 budget. That, he explained, will provide some relief for Ghanaians from the high cost of fuel at the pump. “We make this demand Cont’d on page 3
Alban Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament
Gov’t to subsidise agribusiness loans under Ghana CARES programme By Benson Afful affulbenson@gmail.com
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Let’s get systems and structures right for AfCFTA, says GNCCI boss By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com
overnment, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, says it will subsidise agribusiness loans under the Ghana Covid-19 Alleviation and Revitalisation of Enterprises Support (Ghana CARES) programme.
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overnment will have to deal closely with the private sector and structurally align its funding and business support interventions to the cause of
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