Appropriation Act, 2022 (Act 1090)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION
- 1. Sum of Money to be issued from the Consolidated Fund for 2023 financial year
- 2. Retained Internally Generated Funds
- 3. Payment of money on authorisation of Minister responsible for Finance
- 4. Repeal
- 5. Commencement
- SCHEDULES
- FIRST SCHEDULE: Sum of Money to be Issued from the Consolidated Fund for the 2023 Financial Year
- SECOND SCHEDULE: Retained Internally Generated Funds Breakdown
- THIRD SCHEDULE: Summary of Expenditure by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Economic Item and Funding
- FOURTH SCHEDULE: Summary of Expenditure by Programme, Economic Item and Funding
PURPOSE
AN ACT to provide for the withdrawal of sums of money necessary to meet Government expenditure for the 2023 financial year from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds and for related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT
29th December, 2022.
ACT
1. Sum of money to be issued from the Consolidated Fund for 2023 financial year
Pursuant to paragraph (a) of clause (2) of article 179 of the Constitution, a sum of money not exceeding Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven Billion, Seven Hundred and Twenty-One Million, One Hundred and Eighty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Eight Ghana Cedis (GH¢227,721,182,958) shall be issued from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds during the financial year commencing on the 1st day of January, 2023 and ending on the 31st day of December, 2023 and shall be appropriated for the purposes specified in the First Schedule, which translates into the Third and Fourth Schedules representing Ministries, Departments and Agencies and Other Government Obligations with their programmes.
2. Retained Internally Generated Funds
The Ministries, Departments, and Agencies listed in the first column of the Second Schedule may retain and use an amount of Ten Billion, Six Hundred and Twenty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight Ghana Cedis (GH¢10,627,615,268) indicated in the second column of the Second Schedule being a part of the total amount specified in section 1 during the financial year commencing on the 1st day of January, 2023 and ending on the 3pt day of December, 2023.
3. Payment of money on authorisation of Minister responsible for Finance
The Controller and Accountant-General may, on a warrant issued on the authority of the Minister responsible for Finance, pay out of the Consolidated Fund and other public funds during the financial year ending on the 31st day of December, 2023 any sum not exceeding the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven Billion, Seven Hundred and Twenty-One Million, One Hundred and Eighty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Eight Ghana Cedis (GH¢227,721,182,958) referred to in section 1.
4. Repeal
The Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2021 (Act 1074) is repealed.
5. Commencement
This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 2023.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE (Section 1): Sum of Money to be Issued from the Consolidated Fund for the 2023 Financial Year
| Budget | |
|---|---|
| Total appropriation | 227,721,182,958 |
| Compensation of Employees | 45,522,728,119 |
| Wages & Salaries | 39,263,480,707 |
| Pensions | 1,859,701,576 |
| Gratuities | 447,078,484 |
| Social Security | 3,952,467,352 |
| Use of Goods and Services | 8,578,823,367 |
| o/w ABFA | 3,701,684,614 |
| Interest Payment | 52,550,368,539 |
| Domestic | 31,297,838,102 |
| External (Due) | 21,252,530,437 |
| Subsidies | 350,548,297 |
| Subsidies on Petroleum products | 350,548,297 |
| Grants to Other Government Units | 30,078,760,145 |
| National Health Fund (NHF) | 2,500,279,651 |
| Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETF) | 1,869,563,281 |
| Road Fund | 1,004,863,042 |
| Petroleum Related Funds | 24,077,202 |
| Dist. Ass. Common Fund | 4,554,034,657 |
| Internally-Generated Funds (IGF) Retention | 10,627,615,268 |
| Transfer to Ghana National Petroleum Commission | 2,345,833,321 |
| Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) | 1,727,452,820 |
| Other Earmarked Funds | 5,425,040,903 |
| Ghana Revenue Authority Retention | 2,989,164,122 |
| Youth Employment Agency | 345,400,636 |
| Student's Loan Trust Fund | 3,149,054 |
| Ghana EXIM Bank Ltd | 181,800,456 |
| Ghana Airport Company Ltd. | 877,790,000 |
| Mineral Development Fund | 205,064,274 |
| Mineral Income Investment Fund | 820,257,094 |
| Plastic Waste Recycling Fund | 2,415,268 |
| Social Benefits | 545,070,000 |
| Lifeline Consumers of Electricity | 150,000,000 |
| Transfers for Social Protection (LEAP) | 395,070,000 |
| Other Expenditure | 26,739,907,256 |
| ESLA Transfers | 3,087,307,256 |
| Energy Sector Payment Shortfalls | 23,652,600,000 |
| Capital Expenditure | 26,546,185,583 |
| Domestic Financed | 10,537,633,611 |
| o/w Annual Budget Funding Amount - Domestic financed | 6,292,863,844 |
| o/w ABFA - Financed Accra Tema Motorway | 1,975,000,000 |
| Foreign Financed | 16,008,551,971 |
| Arrears | 14,435,333,333 |
| Amortization | 22,373,458,321 |