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The Ministry of Finance, and the Economic Management Team (EMT) have begun the process of preparing for the 2017 budget and economic policy of government, a statement from the Ministry has said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus is to audit the fiscal account and provide a credible basis for economic policy going forward. Our commitment is restore fiscal policy credibility, and transparency as well as policy clarity,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta\u00a0 has already held bilateral meetings with various ministries, departments and agencies to review their policies and ensure consistency \u00a0with government medium term policy strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the review and audit process MDAs submitted unbudgeted projects and commitment of about 7 billion Ghana cedis, which will have to be validated as the budget process continues. We will have a better sense of the numbers before the budget, and have a team assembled to complete our forensic audit to confirm the validity of these expenses and that value for money was obtained at all times,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

It assured that \u201cgoing forward we will rationalized public expenditure, strengthen contract management, and realign statutory funds to priority projects\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to ensuring fiscal discipline and good economic governance, focusing on transparent and accountable use of public resources in accordance with the new public Financial Management Law\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Ministry of Finance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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