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Senior Minister office illegal, budgetary allocation rejected

An Executive Instrument (EI28) containing a list of ministries signed by President Nana Akufo-Addo and gazetted on 28th February, 2017 did not include the office of the Senior Minister as a ministry, therefore GHs6 million budgetary allocation to the office of the Senior Minister for 2018 has been rejected by parliament.

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority leader, Osei Kyei- Mensah-Bonsu, said the allocation can be approved under the Office of Government Machinery but urged members to perform oversight on that office.

Dec. 18, 2017

References:

• https://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/2017/december-19th/parliament-rejects-budgetary-allocation-for-yaw-osafo-marfos-office.php
• https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/parliament-rejects-gh-6m-budgetary-allocation-to-senior-minister-s-office.html
• https://citifmonline.com/2017/12/19/parliament-rejects-gh%C2%A26m-budget-for-senior-ministers-office/
• http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/parliament-rejects-budget-allocation-for-office-of-senior-minister/
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/No-funding-for-Senior-Minister-s-office-as-parliament-rejects-budgetary-allocation-610807