
Ghana is consuming its oil wealth at the expense of the future –Parliament’s Finance Committee chair cautions
Kizito CUDJOE
Ghana has sacrificed too much of its petroleum wealth for present consumption at the expense of building a stronger financial buffer for future generations, the Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo, has cautioned.
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