The Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has outlined financial allocations for various sectors and initiatives in the 2025 budget, with a focus on education, infrastructure, social protection, and disaster relief.
The allocations aim to support the government’s economic recovery and development priorities, addressing immediate concerns while laying the foundation for long-term growth.
In all, there were 19 allocations highlighted in the budget and they include:
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📲 Join THSB Channel Now1. GH¢13.85 billion: Allocation for the Big Push Programme.
2. GH¢499.8 million: Allocation for the No-Academic-Fee policy for first-year students in public tertiary institutions.
3. GH¢292.4 million: Allocation for the distribution of free sanitary pads to female students in primary and secondary schools.
4. GH¢242.5 million: Allocation to support victims of the Akosombo dam spillage.
5. GH¢200 million: Allocation to support victims of the tidal wave disaster in the Ketu South constituency.
6. GH¢3.5 billion: Allocation for the free secondary education program.
7. GH¢564.6 million: Allocation for comprehensive provision of free curricula-based textbooks.
8. GH¢1.788 billion: Allocation for the School Feeding Programme.
9. GH¢145.5 million: Allocation for the Capitation Grant.
10. GH¢203 million: Allocation for the payment of teacher trainee allowances.
11. GH¢480 million: Allocation for the payment of nursing trainee allowances.
12. GH¢9.93 billion: Allocation for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
13. GH¢2.81 billion: Allocation for the Ghana Road Fund.
14. GH¢7.51 billion: Allocation for the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF).
15. GH¢1.5 billion: Allocation for Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda (AETA).
16. GH¢51.3 million: Allocation as seed fund for the establishment of the Women’s Development Bank.
17. GH¢300 million: Allocation for the National Apprenticeship Programme.
18. GH¢100 million: Allocation for the ‘Adwumawura’ Programme.
19. GH¢100 million: Allocation for the National Coders Programme
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