{"id":3875,"date":"2025-01-03T06:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2025-01-03T06:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:47:29","slug":"parliament-approves-ghc68-1-billion-mini-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/parliament-approves-ghc68-1-billion-mini-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Approves GHC68.1 Billion Mini-Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has submitted a GHC68.1 billion mini-budget to Parliament, following weeks of delays that sparked heated debates between the NDC and NPP parties. The outgoing President, Nana Akufo-Addo, requested this amount to keep the government running until the new administration presents its substantive budget.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7932-1024x640.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3878 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/640;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The mini-budget, which has been approved by Parliament, will cover government expenses for the first quarter of 2025. The allocation includes funds for salaries of government workers, maintenance, and social intervention programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Amoako, was tasked with forwarding the documents to the Budgets and Finance Committee for review. After a thorough examination, the committee recommended the approval of the mini-budget, which was subsequently accepted by the incoming president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approval of the mini-budget demonstrates Parliament&#8217;s commitment to ensuring the continuous operation of government services despite the transition to a new administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament Approves GHC68.1 Billion Mini-Budget<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has submitted a GHC68.1 billion mini-budget to Parliament, following weeks of delays that sparked heated debates between the NDC and NPP parties. The outgoing President, Nana Akufo-Addo, requested this amount to keep the government running until the new administration presents its substantive budget.<\/p>\n<p>The mini-budget, which has been approved by Parliament, will cover government expenses for the first quarter of 2025. The allocation includes funds for salaries of government workers, maintenance, and social intervention programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Amoako, was tasked with forwarding the documents to the Budgets and Finance Committee for review. After a thorough examination, the committee recommended the approval of the mini-budget, which was subsequently accepted by the incoming president.<\/p>\n<p>The approval of the mini-budget demonstrates Parliament&#8217;s commitment to ensuring the continuous operation of government services despite the transition to a new administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3879,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions\/3879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}