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The Ministry of Finance has held its 2021 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols and Annual Thanksgiving Service during which eight retired staff and 47 deserving staff were given awards.

On Friday, 26th November 2021, the Parliament of Ghana was scheduled to sit and conclude the debate on the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government. After the closing statements from both the Majority and Minority leaders, the Speaker gave me the opportunity to make a statement to the House.

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has indicated that he has on the instructions of H E the President, written to the Right Hon. Speaker of Parliament to modify the 2022 Budget Statement in response to emerging concerns by stakeholders including the Minority.

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that, the YouStart initiative is a game changer to kick start an entrepreneurial state and create jobs. “Essentially, the YouStart will serve as a vehicle to support the youth with developing commercially viable businesses, gaining access to capital, training, technical skills, and mentoring.......

The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has urged the reconstituted Board of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to speed up plans to deploy a long standing proposed Risk-Based Supervision (RBS) facility which will aid the Authority to undertake its mandate effectively.

Accra, Monday November 22, 2021 - Hon. John Ampontuah Kumah, a Deputy Minister of Finance has charged the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) and the Parliamentary Press Corps to use their media to sensitize the public on the 2022 Annual Budget under the theme: “Sustaining an entrepreneurial nation through fiscal consolidation and job creation.”

As a responsible Government, we have had no choice but to implement critical interventions to save lives and jobs, including feeding nearly 2.8 million people with hot meals and a further 470,000 families with dry food packages.

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has given the assurance of the country’s preparedness to host the next Annual General Meetings of the African Development Bank Group next year.

The Minister of Finance, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta has charged the newly reconstituted Board of Directors for National Investment Bank (NIB) to turn around the fortunes of the Bank to position Ghana as an industrial hub on the Africa continent.

The Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NREC) Unit/NDA with the Economic Strategy and Research Division (ESRD) have developed a number of manuals which guides the secretariat in its operations and also provide direction for submission climate change proposals to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for funding.