The Government invested more than GH¢15.7 billion on key flagship programs since 2017, Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta has revealed.
According to him, these flagship programs have created a platform for real economic transformation; strengthening human capital through enhancing access to health care, education and skills development, modernizing agriculture and industry, delivering infrastructure across the country – including a revitalized railway sub-sector – and creating jobs.
Presenting the 2021 first-quarter budget on the floor of Parliament, Mr. Ofori Atta said Government has remained faithful with its budgets; Asempa in 2017, Edwuma in 2018, Mpuntuo in 2019, and the prescient Nkosuo and the Nkabom budget of Covid 19 2020.
The Minister said Government has restored Nurses and Teachers Training Allowances and implemented the Free SHS program to empower current and future generations and also ease the financial burden on households.
In addition to supporting 100,000 graduates through NABCO, and have lowered the net tax burden of the Ghanaian which is the care they promised Ghanaians.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
