Parliament Says 2015 Budget Must Focus On Ailing Economy

Parliament has called on the Executive to come up with a budget statement with detailed strategies to deal with the ailing economy and help straighten out the difficulties Ghanaians have had to endure in recent times. 

The Majority Leader, Alban Bagbin, called for difficult and bitter medicine that will cure the ailing economy. 

For his part, the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, asked for pragmatic steps to restore investor confidence in the economy. 

They said these in separate interviews on their expectations of the budget statement scheduled to be presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper tomorrow.

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