2022 Budget statement rescheduled to a later date
The scheduled date for the presentation of the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government has been rescheduled from November 15 to November 17, 2021.
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Andrew Asiamah Amoako relayed this information
“Parliament is engaged in another equally important assignment on 15th of November and therefore, the budget will be read here on 17th of December 2021,” he said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Majority Leader, Alex Afenyo-Markin has indicated that the House would commence debate on the budget from Monday, November 22, and conclude on Friday, November 26, 2021.
Ahead of the budget presentation, a Senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has called on the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to factor the demands of university teachers in the upcoming 2022 budget presentation.
He expressed this in an open letter to the Minister on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Prof Gyampo cautioned the Minister against the abused refrain used in countering their demands: ‘We did not factor UTAG demands in the budget’.
“Kindly be reminded that we went on strike this year because we only wanted the government to restore us to the salary values of 2013. As you may be aware, in 2013, the entry point monthly salary of a University Lecturer was a pittance hovering around USD 2,084.
“In 2021, the same lecturer is paid around USD 997. The demand of lecturers this year, has been a simple restoration of the 2013 salary values,” he said in the letter.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
