The NDCโs 2025 Budget is a masterclass in deception. The true colours of the umbrella have been exposed. Facts are sacred!
These are the facts from their 2025 Budget:
- ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐
After using the 24-Hour Economy to deceive the youth of Ghana into believing they would create jobs, they first failed in the SONA, and in the 2025 Budget, they have failed the Ghanaian youth and the business community once again.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ป๐ผ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐?
๐ก๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐๐ณ๐ผ-๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป. ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐๐.
- ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
I. The Ministry of Agriculture has been allocated a little above GHC 2.9 billion, which constitutes less than 1% (0.99%) of the total appropriation of GHC 291 billion. This is the lowest allocation to the Ministry in recent years. This is not enough to engender transformation as touted in the NDC manifesto. Instead , The Finance Minister highlighted an allocation of GHC 1.5 billion for the Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda (AETA), under which the following programmes will be implemented:
- Feed Ghana Programme
- Ghana Grains Development Project
- Vegetable Development Project
- Nkoko Nketenkete Programme
๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ญ.๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ง๐ (๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐)
II. Donor Grants for Agriculture in 2024:
a) In 2024, the NPP government received grants of $20 million from AFDB for the implementation of the Savannah Investment Programme (SIP), aimed at developing agriculture in selected districts in Northern Ghana.
b) Again, in 2024, the NPP government received a grant of $9.3 million from Korea EXIM for the implementation of the Youth Economic Empowerment through Digitalisation for Resilience in Food and Nutrition Security and Improved Livelihoods initiative.
In the same 2024, the NPP government received a grant of $2.1 million from KFW Germany for the implementation of Phase 3 of the Outgrower and Value Chain Programme (page 242 of the 2025 budget).
These are resources designated for specific donor-funded programs and cannot be shared among agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture as suggested in page 152 of the budget.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐?
