The, Ken Ofori Atta as a constitutional mandate is today expected to appear before Parliament to review the midyear budget and economic plan.
The unusual however, according to reliable sources is that the Minister will not request additional budgetary allocation from Parliament.
The minister is expected to review some Macro-Economic targets set out in the 2017 budget to ensure that it ends the year on a good note.
Some economists have suggested to the Finance Minister s to take advantage of the opportunity to review the government’s revenue target of 34 billion cedis for 2017.
This according to them is because, the government hasn’t succeeded with the over GHC10 billion target is set to hit in the first quarter of the year, but actually made GHC8.7 billion.
This means the State is not halfway through meeting its target.
Others have also suggested that the Finance Minister uses the opportunity to give details about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme extension.
source:pulse.com.gh
