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Cut the ¢3.1bn budget earmarked to your office – Mahama tells Akufo-Addo

The Akufo-Addo administration has ballooned the budget of the Office of the President in the last six years, Former President John Dramani Mahama has said.

Mr Mahama revealed that the budget has been increased from ¢700million to ¢3.1billion.

He asked Mr Akufo-Addo to cut the budget to his office.

“The budget for the Office of the President has ballooned, over the last six years, from GH¢700m to GH¢ 3.1bn in 2022,” he tweeted on Tuesday November 8.

He added “For expenditure rationalization to be successful, it must first start in the President’s office. Substantial savings of GH¢1bn can be made by slashing the budget.”

Regarding the construction of the National Cathedral, he said public funding of project particularly at this time, must stop.

“Being a Christian myself, and deeply appreciative of the centrality of God in nation building, I agree with those who believe the project is not a top priority of at this moment for government,” he intimated.

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