{"id":298333,"date":"2017-03-02T07:27:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T07:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298333"},"modified":"2017-03-02T07:27:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T07:27:10","slug":"ghbudget-40-economic-sector-budget-allocated-to-power-ministry-in-2016-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/ghbudget-40-economic-sector-budget-allocated-to-power-ministry-in-2016-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"#GhBudget: 40% economic sector budget allocated to Power Ministry in 2016 [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) government allocated almost 40% of the economic sector budget to the Power Ministry in 2016.<\/p>\n
The Ministry was allocated\u00a0GHs884 million to enable it address the country’s worsening power crisis.<\/p>\n
Of the total amount allocated, the government was to contribute only GHs84 million, while GHs30 million came from the internally generated funds.<\/p>\n
The government was expecting to receive about GHs769 million of the total power ministry budget from development partners.<\/p>\n
The infographic below has details of all allocations to the various ministries under the economic sector as captured in the 2016 budget.<\/p>\n