2025 Budget: 'Ghana's defining moment is now' - Ato Forson

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has reaffirmed the government's resolve to reset the country.

According to him, there comes a time in the history of a country where bold decisions need to be made to spur economic growth and put the country on the path to financial freedom.

Presenting the 2025 Budget on March 11, 2025, he said: "Ghana's defining moment is now."

The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, is presenting the first Budget and Economic Policy of the John Dramani Mahama administration in Parliament.

This is in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 21 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921).

Dr Ato Forson is expected to touch on the real state of Ghana’s economy and the policy objectives of the Mahama administration to tackle the country’s current economic challenges.

Finance minister, Dr Ato Forson is expected to also update Ghanaians on the state of the economy that the Mahama administration inherited from the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government.

The finance minister is also expected to touch on social intervention policies like the Free SHS, the No-Academic-Fee policy, and trainee allowance, among others.



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