{"id":374563,"date":"2017-11-17T06:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=374563"},"modified":"2017-11-17T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T15:03:08","slug":"how-2018-budgetary-allocation-to-ministries-were-slashed-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/how-2018-budgetary-allocation-to-ministries-were-slashed-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"How 2018 budgetary allocation to ministries were slashed [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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