FILE – A view of Ghana's Ministry of Finance building in Accra, Dec. 13, 2024. Parliamentary Speaker Alban Bagbin said the parliament had approved the provisional budget in a sitting that stretched deep into Thursday night.
Accra —
Ghana\’s parliament has passed a provisional budget that allows the government to spend 68.1 billion Ghanaian cedis ($4.65 billion) through March, the chamber\’s speaker said, narrowly averting an unprecedented government shutdown.
Parliamentary Speaker Alban Bagbin said the parliament had approved the provisional budget in a sitting that stretched deep into Thursday night.
John Dramani Mahama is set to take office as the West African country\’s president next week after winning a December 7 election, staging a political comeback after serving as Ghana\’s president from 2012 to 2016.
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