{"id":374048,"date":"2017-11-15T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=374048"},"modified":"2017-11-15T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:06:23","slug":"2018-budget-statement-and-economic-policy-full-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/2018-budget-statement-and-economic-policy-full-text\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 budget statement and economic policy [Full Text]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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