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The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, presented the Akufo-Addo government’s 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament.<\/p>\n

The budget highlighted results from the government’s policy programmes over the past months,\u00a0 and announced the government’s planned developmental programs for the next fiscal year.<\/p>\n

Among the major programs to be rolled out by the government in 2018, are tax relief for private universities,\u00a0tax holiday for young entrepreneurs, proposed 13% reduction in electricity tariff<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for residential consumers, the establishment of\u00a0nation-building corps and operationalization of the special prosecutors’ office.<\/p>\n

The budget, dubbed the ‘Adwuma Budget’\u00a0 focuses mainly on revenue mobilization through strict tax collection modules and job creation.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full budget statement<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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