{"id":61194,"date":"2023-12-02T17:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=61194"},"modified":"2023-12-02T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T15:18:41","slug":"budget-approval-brouhaha-ill-spend-from-consolidated-fund-if-disagreement-is-not-resolved-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/budget-approval-brouhaha-ill-spend-from-consolidated-fund-if-disagreement-is-not-resolved-finance-minister","title":{"rendered":"Budget approval brouhaha: I\u2019ll spend from consolidated fund if disagreement is not resolved \u2013 Finance Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has given indication that he would go ahead and spend from the consolidated fund if the disagreement between the Majority and Minority caucuses in relation to the approval of the 2024 budget state\u00adment and economic policy of government is not resolved.<\/b><\/p>\n

According to him, as things stand, the budget had been approved and therefore, has the legal backing to spend from the consolidated fund and other statutory sources on government programmes and policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just witnessed a situation where the majority and minority leaders gave their closing statements on the budget and at the end of the day, the Speaker put it to vote and declared that the yes have it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means that the budget, in my view, has been passed and later there was a challenge which has not been resolved. So as far as I know and believe, we have the 2024 budget approved until such time that they resolve whatever they have to resolve.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all heard the Speaker clearly state after the voice declaration that the yes have it. That is where I stand and I am pleased that the people of Ghana have a budget,\u201d Mr Ofori-Atta said.<\/p>\n

Asked specifically if he would with\u00addraw from the consolidated fund if the disagreements were not resolved, he said \u201cI am going into the consolidated fund because the yes have it\u201d.<\/p>\n

He gave this indication in an engage\u00adment with parliamentary reporters after the approval process was disrupted by a walk-out staged by the Majority caucus.<\/p>\n

But the Minority insists the document had not been approved and that it was \u201changing\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows that the NDC Mem\u00adbers of Parliament were ready to vote against the budget for a very good reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe outlined as part of our concluding remark why we are against this budget. We cannot allow this budget to go through in its current form because the ordinary Ghanaian will be the one to suffer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Speaker has adjourned the House but our motion is still in place. We are challenging the voice vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe speaker has ruled and the majority is aware that when the Speaker makes a pronouncement, they can only challenge that with a substantive motion, so as we speak, the budget has not been approved. Let everyone be aware,\u201d Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson told reporters.<\/p>\n

In his view, their colleagues in the majority staged the walk-out to buy time because they did not have the num\u00adbers.<\/p>\n

He cited three members, Mavis Boadu Nkansah, MP, Afigya Sekyere East; Dr John Kumah, Ejisu and Kennedy Agyapong, Assin Central, amongst others, were out of the jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

The budget approval pro\u00adcess was truncated yesterday after the Majority staged a walk-out following a challenge to the Speaker\u2019s opinion that the Majority had carried the day.<\/p>\n

The challenge was staged by the Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, under Standing Order 113 (2) which states that \u201ca Member may call for headcount or division if the opinion of Mr Speaker on the voice vote is challenged\u201d.<\/p>\n

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