Akosombo spillage and floods in the Oti, Savannah, and Bono-East regions have affected communities.
The government has allocated GH¢220 million to support the relief phase for these communities, according to Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta.
Presenting the government’s economic policy and budget for 2024 said, “Mr. Speaker, the government has budgeted an amount of GH¢220 million to support the relief phase for the communities affected by the Akosombo spillage as well as floods upstream in the Oti, Savannah, and Bono-East Regions.
“We have requested funding from the World Bank under the IDA Crisis Response Window (CRW) to support the resettlement of the victims, restoration of livelihoods, compensation and reconstruction of infrastructure in the affected communities.”
He also expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the President and the government as a whole, as well as to all the organizations and people who showed understanding and assistance to the impacted families.
In the same vein, he continued, we must never stop thanking God that the disastrous spill from the Akosombo dam has not claimed any lives.
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Meanwhile, Ken Ofori-Atta claimed that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has created more than 2.3 millions jobs for Ghanaians in past 7years.
According to the Finance Minister, the NPP government is determined to create more jobs in both the public and private sector for Ghanaians after experiencing God’s grace in the past 7 years in office.
Mr. Ofori-Atta disclosed in Parliament today while presenting the 2024 budget that, the NPP government has invested over GHc32.7 billion to give the lives on and support the growth of businesses.
He added that over 100,000 graduates have been supported to secure workplace experience by investing GH2.7billion.
In a related news, the Minister of Finance has said that government has implemented a zero rate tax on locally produced sanitary pads.
Ken Ofori-Atta said the government will also grant import duty waivers for raw materials for the local manufacturing of sanitary pads.
