Ghana proposes $13.9 billion budget in 2018
The Ghanaian government plans to spend $13.9 billion (62 billion Ghana cedis, about N4.2 trillion) in the 2018 fiscal year, the country’s finance minister said on Wednesday. Presenting the government’s fiscal policy to parliament, Kenneth Ofori-Atta, said the budget, with the theme “Putting Ghana Back to Work”, would continue and expand programmes that began in 2017 and initiate new…