The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has revealed that the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government is focused on making Ghana an entrepreneurial nation.
This statement by the Finance Minister comes days after Mr Ofori Atta urged fresh graduates from the various tertiary institutions to find innovative ways of becoming entrepreneurs.
According to him, that is the only way the rising unemployment rate in the country can be reduced.
He mentained that it will help reduce the over-reliance on the government for jobs, and also reduce the burden on the government’s payroll.
“That payroll is full because we are spending some 60% of our revenue on remunerating some 650,000 people. That is not sustainable. You have the skills set to be able to do what you have to do. Our responsibility as a government is to create the environment and the macro stability, currency stability and ensure that you have access to the relevant skills and financing,” Ofori Attah told students at a graduation ceremony at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).
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Speaking on the floor of Parliament today Wednesday 17th November 2021, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah asked the general public to embrace the challenge of ensuring that Ghana becomes a vibrant entrepreneurial nation.
He noted that although this may be an uncomfortable transition, we are a people who think deeply and we must progress and become a people who also make things for ourselves and the World.
This may be an uncomfortable transition but we are a people who think deeply and we must progress and become a people who also make things for ourselves and the World. This Budget is intentional about Building a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Nation through fiscal consolidation and Job Creation,” Ken Ofori Attah told Parliament.
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