Dr Bawumia breaks it all down to the bottom line, In the final analysis, the issues that matter to the Ghanaian people as far as the 2015 budget is concerned are as follows: 1. Will the budget grow the economy? No 2. Will the budget create Jobs? No 3. Will the budget reduce the cost of doing business? No 4. Will the budget reduce the cost of living and suffering? No 5. Will the budget provide better conditions of service for teachers, nurses, doctors, civil servants and workers in general? No 6. Will the budget allow workers to select their own Tier 2 Pension Fund Managers and account for the deductions made? No 7. Will the budget restore the allowances of teacher and nursing trainees? No 8. Will the budget end load-shedding (Dumsor -Dumsor)? No 9. Will the budget stop the high level of corruption? No 10. Will the budget help transform the economy? No If the 2015 budget cannot answer any of the above questions in the affirmative, then it may just be meaningless to the ordinary Ghanaian. At the end of the day if the fundamental problems with the economy are not dealt with, then there remains a threat to macroeconomic stability going forward.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:22:42 +0000