{"id":301411,"date":"2025-11-23T09:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301411\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T09:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:23:15","slug":"2026-budget-was-heavy-on-slogans-but-empty-on-substance-davis-opoku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301411\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 budget was heavy on slogans but empty on substance \u2013 Davis Opoku"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Member <\/a>Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku<\/p>\n

The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has criticised the government\u2019s 2026 Budget Statement, describing it as \u201cheavy on slogans but empty on substance.\u201d <\/p>\n

Contributing to the debate in Parliament on Friday, November 20, the Deputy Ranking Member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) argued that the budget failed to provide clear, measurable policy direction for addressing the country\u2019s economic difficulties.<\/p>\n

According to Opoku, the government devoted more effort to crafting catchy expressions than to outlining credible programmes that could deliver relief to households and businesses. <\/p>\n

He stated that \u201cGhanaians are tired of slogans that lead nowhere,\u201d adding that the budget once again repeated promises without demonstrating how those commitments would be funded or implemented. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe expected solutions, not soundbites,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

The Mpraeso MP said that beyond the messaging, the budget lacked concrete initiatives capable of stimulating growth or reducing unemployment. <\/p>\n

He pointed out that sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, and small-scale enterprises received what he described as \u201cminimal attention,\u201d despite their central role in economic recovery. <\/p>\n

\u201cA budget must reflect urgency and seriousness. What we received instead was a document full of lofty words and empty pages,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Opoku further argued that the government had failed to provide a transparent account of how it intended to finance key projects, especially in the face of limited fiscal space. <\/p>\n

He said the absence of detailed costings and timelines undermined public confidence in the administration\u2019s economic management. <\/p>\n

\u201cParliament cannot approve a budget that does not tell the country how programmes will be delivered or what they will cost,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n

Concluding his submission, the Deputy Ranking Member urged the government to revise the budget and present a more practical framework that responds to the needs of ordinary Ghanaians. <\/p>\n

He insisted that the country requires a plan rooted in realism rather than rhetoric. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not the time for branding exercises; it is the time for action,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-301411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}