Gabby Otchere-Darko, a prominent New Patriotic Party (NPP) member, pleaded with National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmakers to support accepting the 2023 budget statement after it was presented.
He made mention of how important the 2023 budget is.
It cannot experience the same fate as the 2022 budget and its revenue-generating measures. If not approved, it might altogether halt talks with the Fund. The metrics for revenue generation are essential to this. For Ghana, we implore the NDC to join the NPP in this,” he said.
On November 24, the budget is anticipated to be presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
If Mr. Ofori-Atta is chosen to present the document, some irate government-side parliamentarians have already threatened to boycott the event.
Kwame represents Asanti-Akyem North in Congress. Andy Appiah-Kubi had gave warning that if Mr. Ofori-Atta is the one to submit the budget, the resentful MPs won’t be in Parliament to support it.
Due to the current economic difficulties, the MPs think that the Finance Minister should be replaced.
He told reporters, “We’ve returned to (our request that the President remove him now), and as a result, should the budget be presented with the Finance Minister’s signature, we won’t take part because, in our opinion, we’re never going to do business with him.
Furthermore, if we aren’t going to work with him, he won’t take part in any proceedings, from the Presidency to the House. We won’t take part in those discussions either.
But on Tuesday, November 22, at a crucial meeting in Accra, the party’s leadership and the majority group in Parliament issued a statement co-signed by Justin Kodua Frimpong, the NPP’s general secretary, and Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh.
The party leadership in this respect calls on the members of Parliament to attend to all government business in the House, particularly the 2023 budget statement, economic policy, and other related concerns.
Source: newsthemegh.com