President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to
the
European Union (EU) to resume the disbursement
of multi-donor budget support to Ghana. He made the appeal when the new head of
EU delegation William Hanna, presented his letter of credence to him at the
Flagstaff House. In 2013, Ghana received close to 16 million Euros from the
European Union. This included a 10 million Euro Sector Budget Support for the
Ministry of
Health and over five Million Euros for
General Budget Support under Ghana’s Multi-Donor Budget Support framework.
But the EU for some time now has
held on to the funds to Ghana. It is unclear yet why the EU is holding on to
the funds but President Mahama said he is optimistic the challenges that led to
the freeze would be addressed soon. He explained that Ghana needed the support
because the EU is a significant international development partner especially
when it comes to issues with multi donor partner budget support.
Source:Citifmonline.com
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