They called out the president for presenting false figures of the fiscal deficit to score political points. According to them, the fiscal deficit for 2016 was -7.8% of non-rebased GDP and not 9.3% as claimed by the incumbent government. They therefore cautioned President Akufo-Addo to stop manipulating figures of the 2016 fiscal deficit. “The fiscal deficit for 2016 as published by the Ministry of Finance was GHC-13, 14, 932, 415. The Minority would like to caution the authorities not to peddle falsehood with the 2016 fiscal deficit.” He said

Source: GhanaWeb November 11, 2019 16:52 UTC