General News of Friday, 28 September 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comWhy Ghanaians laughed at Akufo-Addo's 2019 budget even before it is drawnPresident Akufo-AddoA Joy News Forum on the 2019 budget drew a laughter from the audience after they found, 98.5% of all the taxes collected are used to pay salaries. The laughter left an aftertaste of misery because it became clear, government has peanuts left for its grand plans. What can a government do to improve the lives of ordinary Ghanaians with 1.5% of its revenue left for everything else? The policy expert recommended the scrapping of the Ministry for Special Development Initiatives headquartered at the presidency on a 3bn cedi budget. “The structure of our population is even telling us that we need to do something about education and skills development”, he said.

Source: GhanaWeb September 28, 2018 21:00 UTC