The 2013 Budget Of Ghana

Theme: ―Sustaining Confidence in the Future of the Ghanaian Economy‖

REPUBLIC OF GHANA

BUDGET SPEECH

BUDGET STATEMENT AND ECONOMIC POLICY

of the
GOVERNMENT OF GHANA

for the

2013 FINANCIAL YEAR
Parliament
On th Tuesday, 5 March, 2013
PRESENTED TO

SETH E. TERKPER
Minister for Finance
On the Authority
Of the

H.E PRESIDENT JOHN D. MAHAMA
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Theme: ―Sustaining Confidence in the Future of the Ghanaian Economy‖

INTRODUCTION
1.

Mr. Speaker, I beg to move that this august House approves the
Financial Policy of the Government for the year ending 31st
December, 2013.

2.

Mr. Speaker, my presence in the House today is to present to you, for the first time in my capacity as Minister for Finance, and on the authority of His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama, the recently elected President of the Republic of Ghana, the full-year Budget
Statement and Economic Policy for 2013. This is in accordance with
Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution.

3.

Mr. Speaker, this presentation is an abridged version of the 2013
Budget Statement. I would like to request the Hansard Department to capture the entire Budget Statement and Economic Policy.

4.

In October 2012, my predecessor, Honourable Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, appeared before this august House to lay the Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation for the first quarter of 2013. This was in accordance with Article 180 of the 1992 Constitution. Those Estimates were also the first allocation of resources to Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDAs) to be presented on behalf of His Excellency President
John Dramani Mahama. This was shortly after he was sworn-in to complete the term of our beloved late President, His Excellency
Professor John Evans Atta Mills. The approval of those Estimates by this House has made it possible for government business to continue uninterrupted. 5.

Mr. Speaker, from January 2009 to December 2012, the NDC government implemented cogent