The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated that the 2025 budget and economic policy offer no hope in addressing the concerns of Ghanaians.
The former Information Minister argued that the budget fails to provide concrete measures to tackle pressing issues such as high food prices, unemployment, and rising transport fares.
Speaking at a press conference organized by the Minority caucus on Thursday, March 13, in response to the budget, he said that despite the NDC government’s promise to reset the country’s economic trajectory, key challenges remain unresolved.
He noted that while the government’s plan focuses on boosting production, as the NPP did, critical issues such as the transportation of food items from farm gates, poor storage facilities, and a liberalized pricing regime have been ignored.
“And what it means is that a continuous increase in food prices have not been addressed. Food price inflation will therefore remain in the medium term. The 2025 economic policy has not addressed it.
“There is no hope when it comes to resetting the trend of price transport first, unfortunately, you can expect that transport fares will continue to rise. This is because the government has not introduced any measure to intervene with the market forces,” said the MP.
Referring to paragraph 478 of the policy document, he pointed out that the government had announced a net freeze on public sector hiring.
He expressed disappointment for those hoping to secure jobs in the public sector, advising them to seek opportunities in the private sector instead.
