Midyear Budget Review: Gov’t has nice policies but lacks proper implementation - Economist
The Finance Minister on behalf of the government presented the 2021 Mid-year budget review to Parliament stressing there won’t be any news taxes.
Nana Ama Asiedu Francisca 
A chartered economist, Enoch Okuna has said Ghana over the years has had better policies but implementation is the challenge.
He was speaking in an interview with Kwabena Obeng Akrofi on Ark in the morning monitored by SoireeNews discussing the mid-year budget review presented in parliament by Honourable Ken Ofori Atta.
Mr Okuna said when the covid-19 pandemic was reputed, the government came out with a laudable policy of a relief fund to support affected businesses but the implementation was politicized and the wrong people enjoyed the benefits at the spence of those really affected.
He, however, added that this does not mean anyone should politicize the recovery levy giving making the government unpopular by taken back the free water and electricity.
‘’As an economist, I was optimistic that the finance minister could not have demanded additional or supplementary budget and he rightly did that meeting his expectation, he added.
He said the expenditure projected as Ghc.110 billion was too high already and the fundamentals of the economy do not call for any additional demand saying he was pleased with the presentation done by Ken Ofori Atta.
The Finance Minister on behalf of the government presented the 2021 Mid-year budget review to Parliament stressing there won’t be any news taxes.
The Minister was emphatic he isn’t asking for a supplementary budget stressing he is staying within the limits of the appropriations approved in March for 2021.
