ARTICLE · 28 NOVEMBER 2022

Ghana's 2023 Budget

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Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta read the Akufo-Addo government's sixth annual budget in parliament yesterday. It takes place amid severe economic pressure,...

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Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta read the Akufo-Addo government's sixth annual budget in parliament yesterday. It takes place amid severe economic pressure, highlighted in his statement, and unprecedented demands for him to leave his post. In getting to this point, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has engaged with several questions highlighted in our recent analyses. See: Ghana's battle lines (November 2022) Songhai Advisory and Ghana's hard yards (November 2022). Songhai Advisory. Still more questions loom ahead. And they are weightiest.

Is the government able to pass key legislation (including the budget) and what will be the extent of delays to the government programme?

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