Minority Leader Osahene Alexander Afenyo-Markin has described the 2027 Budget presented by Finance Minister Dr Ato Forson as one that offers “no hope” to Ghanaians.
According to him, the facial expressions of members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament buttress his claim.
“Some members of the Majority were wearing white dresses, while others wore black, green and blue, which indicates that their morale was very low.
“And looking at the faces of their ministers, you could see that the budget, as read by Dr Ato Forson, offers no hope at all to their own ministers,” the Minority Leader stated while speaking to the media after the presentation of the 2027 Budget Statement.
He said the budget revealed the NDC’s true colours, exposing the party badly to Ghanaians.
He emphasised that the NDC’s flagship promises, including the 24-hour economy and women’s banking initiative, were not mentioned in the budget.
“Now, today, the NDC, which promised a 24-hour economy and promised women a new bank to offer them loans, it is clear that the NDC could not fulfil its own promises to the women and traders of this country.
“Where is the women’s banking? They didn’t even talk about it. This is another scam.”
Afenyo-Markin pledged that the Minority Caucus would undertake a full critique of the budget and make Ghanaians aware that the NDC government was “sloganarian”, arguing that the budget had failed to create jobs for Ghanaians.
