Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, assumed office as Ghana’s
Finance Minister after having been sworn-in on January 27, 2017, by his
Excellency the President. He brings to the Ministry over 30 years’ experience in
Ghanaian and international financial sector.2. Hon. Ofori-Atta and
twelve other Minister designates were approved by Parliament on Friday, January
27, after going through a successful vetting process by the Appointments
Committee of Parliament.
3. The Hon Minister’s immediate priority is to
protect the public purse, stabilize Ghana’s macro economy, spearhead
anti-corruption, increase revenue and introduce policy initiatives to grow the
economy for the private sector to thrive and create jobs.
“We will
create wealth and improve people’s lives by ensuring economic freedom as
mainstay of the economy, I am committed to cleaning up our public finances,
managing the enormous debt that we have inherited in order to create the needed
fiscal space, invest in critical infrastructure, and empower the private sector
to create jobs”, he said in response to his vision for his tenure.
4. The
legacy of the Ministry will be a professional institution with global standards
in treasury and risk management to give effect to enforcing the Public Finance
Management Act (PFMA), he added.
5. He intends to work hard to get the
economy growing eventually at double digits through policies and strategies that
will increase revenue, reduce waste, control spending, grow the economy to
create jobs. |
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