Trees help protect the environment The construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana, which will provide an interdenominational sacred space for the nation, “remains a national priority”, the government has indicated.
“Despite delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, work is on course to construct the iconic edifice in the heart of the nation’s capital”, caretaker Finance Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu announced to Parliament on Friday, 12 March 2021 when he presented this year’s budget and economic statement.
The construction of the National Cathedral, he said, “is already introducing some critical innovations to the country”.
“As part of the construction, over 200 trees on the site of the Cathedral, some of which are nearly 100 years, have been relocated to a temporary site by Department of Parks and Gardens”.
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He said the budget cuts of the legislature and judiciary have to be addressed before the figures offered by the government will be approved.
Speaking on the austerity budget by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, he warned that: he will not forward the appropriation bill to the president for his assent when passed if negotiations are not done to find a common ground over the decision by the Presidency to reduce the budget by Parliament and the Judiciary.
“The budget is not for the executive, we have the final power to approve or disapprove and so what the constitution has done is for them to make recommendations and negotiate during the deliberations of the budget before the House.
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