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The 2018 budget as presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta before Parliament on Wednesday, 15th November, 2017, indicated a significant cut in budgetary allocation to some Ministries compared to what was allocated them in the 2017 budget.<\/p>\n

The Roads and Highways ministry had its budget slashed by at least 80% from GHS444 million to GHS77 million.<\/p>\n

The Youth and Sports Ministries also had its budget cut by about 20% from GHS47 million to GHS33 million.<\/p>\n

Ministries such as the Gender, Children and Social Protection, Food and Agriculture, as well as Communications, also saw a cut in their allocation for 2018.<\/p>\n

Other Ministries, however experienced an increase in their allocation.<\/p>\n

They include the Education, Aviation, Defence and the Employment and Labour Relations Ministries.<\/p>\n

The infographic below highlights the changes between the 2017 and 2018 budgetary allocations.<\/p>\n

NB: The ministries are grouped into sectors; Social, Infrastructure, Economic and Public safety.<\/p>\n

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Economic Sector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Infrastructure sector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Public Safety sector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Social sector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Administrative sector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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