\u201cdead goat budget\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span> immediately after Mr. Seth Terkper, the Finance Minister, concluded his delivery.<\/p>\nThe Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, seconding a motion moved by the Majority Leader Alban Bagbin to bring Friday\u2019s proceedings to a close said, \u201cIn seconding the motion, I just want to observe that the Finance Minister\u2019s presentation was full of perspiration but very little inspiration. A trust-betrayed budget; a dead-goat budget offering no relief to Ghanaians\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”zXYaTBuB5llXudXKBERNGPOrsohE36J3″]The house will return from recess on Friday November 20, to continue the business of the house which will include a debate of the budget.<\/p>\n
However\u00a0President Mahama is of the view that debating a \u201cdead goat budget\u201d is of no use.<\/p>\n
He said this at a rally in Tamale over the weekend as part of his tour of the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Finance Minister says I am coming to present the budget on behalf of the President as well as the financial policy for 2016; and he comes and he starts reading the budget and even before he finishes, people are holding placards with the inscription \u201cdead goat budget.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, “It means they had made their minds before they even came to sit there. So I wonder if they even listened; I don\u2019t think they did because they had printed dead goat budget and were hiding the placards under their seats. So their mind is made up about the budget already so why should there even be a debate about the budget; because there is no way they will ever find anything good in that budget. But that budget is meant to stabilize this economy and that\u2019s exactly what we are doing,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n
The \u201cdead goat\u201d phrase became synonymous with President Mahama, after he made the comment to suggest that he was not moved by criticisms about his performance any longer.<\/p>\n
Government spokespersons and communicators of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) have repeatedly attempted explaining the phrase saying the president\u2019s comment was misinterpreted.
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\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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