President Akufo-Addo has assigned the Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, to read the 2021 National Budget Statement tomorrow on behalf of the Minister of Finance nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta, who is in the US for a post covid medical review and yet to be vetted and approved by Parliament.
Since the budget statement is from the President and normally read on his behalf by the Minister of Finance as a convention, President Akufo-Addo has this time in the absence of a substantive Minister of Finance designated Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who is the leader of government business in Parliament to read it on his behalf.
