Tamale Central MP Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed
The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has criticized the upcoming mid-year budget, describing it as visionless, lacking purpose, and unlikely to resolve the challenges created by the ruling government.
Speaking in parliament with Gh One TV, ahead of the budget presentation, Murtala Muhammed expressed his view that the upcoming budget does not offer hope to the people of Ghana, who are currently demoralized.
He suggested that the lack of hope has impacted the atmosphere surrounding budget readings compared to previous years, stressing Ghanaians' lack of optimism about the mid-year budget's potential to address their concerns.
“The demoralizing state of this country under the watch of President Nana Addo and Dr. Bawumia is not only limited to those of us in opposition. Even our colleagues in the NPP themselves are demoralized because they can tell that this mid-year budget is visionless, purposeless, and cannot salvage the mess that we have been subjected to by Dr. Bawumia and President Nana Addo. I guess that is the reason why you don’t find the euphoria that characterizes mid-year budgets.
"Because if you observed, the previous mid-year budgets except even the last one and this one, the euphoria is not there. People are not enthused, people are not even interested because they know that once again it's going to be the usual propaganda and stories…”, he said.
The Finance Minister, Mohammed Amin, is expected to present the mid-year budget soon to update the nation on the progress of the government’s fiscal plans and to offer revised financial strategies as well as an updated economic outlook for the country.
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