– The debt stock stands at Ghs291.6billion as of the end of December 2020
– That notwithstanding, the caretaker Minister said the country is recovering pretty well from the pandemic
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, said Ghana’s total public debt increased from Ghs122billion to Ghs291.6billion as of the end of December 2020.
Mensa-Bonsu who is the country’s caretaker Finance Minister disclosed this on Friday, March 12, 2021, while presenting the Akufo-Addo administration’s 2021 budget statement to parliament.
2021 Budget: Ghana’s public debt stands at Ghs291.6b – Mensa-Bonsu. Photo credit: Parliament of Ghana
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He attributed the ballooning public debt stock to the current coronavirus pandemic, the banking sector cleanup exercise among others.
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Apam beach disaster: Mahama donates GHC10k to bereaved families LISTEN
MAR 12, 2021
The Running Mate of the NDC in the 2020 General Elections Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on Thursday led a delegation on behalf of former President John Mahama and the NDC to console the bereaved families of the victims of last Sunday’s tragic drowning incident at Apam.
The delegation included the NDC Central Regional Parliamentary Caucus and some NDC Regional and Constituency Executives.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang’s team met with the bereaved families and the Fishermen Council.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was accompanied by the Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, Richard Gyan-Mensah together with other colleagues of the Central Regional MP’s Caucus such as Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, James Gyakye Quayeson, Abeiku Crentsil, David Vondee and Gizella Tetteh Agbotui.
The Running Mate of the NDC in the 2020 elections, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang made the donations on behalf of Mr. Mahama. Mahama donates GHS13,000 to bereaved families of Apam drowning incident Mahama donates GHS13,000 to bereaved families of Apam drowning incident Pulse Ghana According to her, the donations are meant to support traditional rituals and the burial service of the young victims of the fatal incident that has left the Apam community and the entire nation in a state of agony. Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang consoled the bereaved families and then engaged the two survivors and their families. Mahama donates GHS13,000 to bereaved families of Apam drowning incident
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