Tag: Contingency Fund
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Disbursement of GHS600m stimulus package for SMEs to begin in May – Nana Addo
President Akufo-Addo has announced that the disbursement of the six hundred million cedis (GHS600 million) stimulus package for micro, small and medium-scale businesses is expected to start in May. He announced this during his 7th COVID-19 national address to Ghanaians on Sunday, 19th April 2020. It will be recalled that, in his nationwide address on…
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COVID-19 fight: Finance C’ttee permits gov’t to spend GHS 1.2bn from Contingency Fund
The Finance Committee of Parliament has given authorization to the Minister of Finance to spend from the Contingency Fund. The decision was taken after the committee’s meeting, following a statement made by the Minister in the House on government’s Coronavirus Alleviation Programme. The Contingency Fund is the only fund apart from the Consolidated Fund that…