{"id":166592,"date":"2015-11-13T08:24:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T08:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=166592"},"modified":"2015-11-13T08:24:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T08:24:24","slug":"audio-budget-watch-2016-highlights-of-the-budget-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/audio-budget-watch-2016-highlights-of-the-budget-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"(Audio) Budget Watch 2016: Highlights of the budget statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper will on behalf of the President, present the 2016 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament today 13th November, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Finance Ministry, the budget is expected to focus on accelerating and sustaining growth to maintain confidence in the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seth Tekper in his presentation will also outline policies that are to bring down the country&#8217;s deficit while detailing government&#8217;s achievements for this year and it&#8217;\u2019s policy objectives and financial estimates for the medium term.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is also expected to hammer on moves government has and will put in place to permanently deal with the country&#8217;s power challenges which has badly affected the growth of the economy, led to dismissals of thousands of workers and the shutting down of many companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Click to listen to the full audio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/232865854&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Vivian Kai Lokko\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper will on behalf of the President, present the 2016 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament today 13th November, 2015. 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