The Government on Friday outlined five key pillars in the 2021 Budget to resuscitate the Ghanaian economy, ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 2021 Budget Statement, on the theme: Completion, Consolidation and Continuation, is intended to rejuvenate the national economy towards the path of recovery.
Apart from the 100-billion Ghana cedis Coronavirus Alleviation and Revitalisation of Enterprises (CARES programme), otherwise known as Obaatanpa , government announced plans to scale up the COVID-19 vaccination exercise, implement Agenda 111 , intensify public sanitation programme, roll-out job opportunities and resource the security agencies, while continuing the flagship initiatives.
The budget, for the first time, was presented by Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, who was given extra responsibility as Caretaker Minister of Finance.