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BY: Nana Konadu Agyeman
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The Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has called for the enactment of a Budget Act and the establishment of the Office of Scrutiny in Parliament.
He explained that the passage of the Budget Act and the presence of the Office of Scrutiny would help Parliament thoroughly scrutinise budgets and major economic transactions before they were put before the House for consideration.
“This will ensure adequate protection of the public purse and the taxpayers’ resources, as well as ensure value for money,” he said.
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During an engagement between the leadership of Parliament and the members of the Parliamentary Press Corps (PPC) in Parliament, Mr Iddrisu was worried that in the exercise of oversight of budgets over the years under various governments,
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MPs Attend Post-Budget Workshop In Ho
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Members of Parliament (MPs) are attending a post-budget workshop in Ho in the Volta Region to help them have a deeper appreciation of the 2021 budget statement and economic policy of the government.
The three-day event, which is being organised by Parliament, will enable the 275 legislators to be more informed of the budget statement and economic policy to contribute meaningfully to the debate on it in Parliament which begins tomorrow.
Also in attendance at the workshop are committee clerks, research officers and members of the Parliamentary Press Corps.
Resource persons include experts from civil society organisations and academia.
The 2021 budget statement and economic policy was presented to Parliament by the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who is also the interim Minister of Finance, on March 12, 2021, in accordance with a constitutional provision and Order 140 (1) and (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament.