The Minister for Interior who doubles as a member of Parliament for Nandom Constituency Ambrose Dery contributing has admonished Parliament to approve the 2022 budget statement.
Contributing to the debate of the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government, he urged the minority to approve the budget so the government would be able to raise funds to improve the security sector and also avoid lockdown in 2022.
Mr. Ambrose Dery emphatically stated that the country has only two means to raise revenue for economic planning which are Taxation and Borrowing and if the minority is complaining of both how do they expect the country to be run by the government.
He said the 1.75% E-Levy tax introduced in the budget will help to raise funds to do what parliament and Ghanaians wish for the security sector.
He elaborated that, the levy will help create jobs to reduce the high rate of unemployment in the country and also to be able to construct most of the deployable roads in the country.
He stressed if the budget is not approved, there would be no salaries for workers, no social services and there would be nothing.
The Minister and lawmaker asked the Minority to avoid their political games and support the budget statement.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
