2027 Budget Statement must pivot around job creation, greater transparency - CSOs to government

The demands were made at a CSO engagement on the 2027 Budget in Accra, where representatives of the Economic Governance Platform, the National Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) and the Tax Justice Coalition presented proposals for consideration by the Ministry of Finance.

They also want the government to strengthen the management of mineral revenues, close tax loopholes, tackle illicit financial flows and ensure that Ghana derives measurable benefits from tax exemptions granted to companies.

Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the government to make job creation, stronger revenue mobilisation and greater transparency central to the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.