Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, is on the floor of Parliament, presenting the government’s 2018 budget to lawmakers.
The budget is the second the for the Akufo-Addo administration since it took over the administration of the country in January 2016.
The budget is expected to focus on about 10 key areas including infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, job creation, agriculture, entrepreneurship, business growth, creating a Ghana beyond aid, debt management, corruption, public sector reforms among others, and a continuation of the 2017 budget initiatives.
It will also focus mainly on tax reforms, by specifically roping in many people in the informal sector into the tax net.