2025 Budget Data Was Manipulated – Amin Adam
The Member of Parliament for Karaga, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has criticized Minister of Finance Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson altering economic data to misrepresent to Ghanaians the economic situation that the current government inherited.
Speaking after the presentation of the 2025 Budget to Parliament on March 11, Dr. Amin Adam said the figures presented by the Minister of Finance was altered to create a false sense of economic hardship.
“The fiscal programme was what the minister tried to use to misinform Ghanaians about the economy we handed over to them. The minister was quoting a fiscal deficit on a commitment basis of about 8.3% and a primary balance of 3.7% deficit. Ladies and gentlemen, these are cooked figures. They have manipulated the data, and we know how they did it,” he stated.
He asserted that in order to manipulate fiscal data and inflate the stated deficit, the government created a new line item called “unreleased claims,” which amounts to GHC 49 billion.
“But I can tell you that we left a surplus balance. When we interrogate the data, Ghanaians will know that we left a surplus balance of 0.7% on a commitment basis,” he added.
The budget presented by Dr. Ato Forson’s detailed intentions to increase the Growth and Sustainability Levy on mining corporations from 1% to 3% in order to optimize Ghana’s profits from the extractive industry.
It also featured other strategic steps to promote national development, such as the reinstatement of road tolls on public roadways.
