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The Minister for Finance Mr. Ofori-Atta, has appealed to both local and foreign business and financial institutions to support the financing of the SDGs by directly partnering with government to leverage all the assets the nation had been blessed with for sustainable economic development

The Ministry of Finance in partnership with the SDGs Advisory Unit at the Presidency, the Ministry of Planning and the Ghana Investment Promotions Centre invites you to join us in Accra, Ghana for the 2019 Accra SDGs Investment Fair.

As part of Government’s effort to improve market transparency in the issuance of Government securities, we forward the attached issuance calendar for publication.

My checks confirmed the inadvertent omission of Volta Region. All the Regional Ministers were requested to submit a list of critical roads which required immediate attention. At the instance of the Volta Regional Minister, three (3) road projects in the Volta Region were prioritized in the list of critical road projects for 2020.

Mr. Speaker, on the authority of His Excellency the President, and in keeping with the requirement of Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, and Section 21(3) of the PFM Act 2016 (ACT 921), may I respectfully present the Budget Statement and Economic Policies of Government for 2020 to this Honourable House.

Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta has welcomed a number of inputs from the Organized Labour for consideration into the 2020 budget presentation.

The Government of Ghana, represented by the Minister for Finance has signed an 18 million Swiss Francs grant facility with the Government of Switzerland to support Ghana’s efforts to fight poverty and decentralization.

Government has signed an agreement with approved commercial banks to collect internally generated funds on behalf government ministries, departments and agencies as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and Government Hospitals.

Ken Ofori Atta, Minister for Finance has called on the Breton Woods institutions to take measures to diffuse uncertainties associated with the current world geopolitical tensions and trade protectionism to protect gains in economic reforms across Sub-Sahara Africa and ensure the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) is successful.

Ken Ofori Atta, Minister for Finance, has called on the Bretton Woods Institutions to increase their next round of funding (IDA19) to a USD 100 billion on to provide adequate funding to address current world economic challenges.