The first budget of the second term of President was presented by Minister of Finance Dr in Parliament on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
The public was awaiting the budget to see how President Mahama was going to fulfil some of his major campaign promises, including the 24-Hour Economy policy, the No-Academic-Fee policy, paying assembly members, the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme, the sanitary pads initiative, and the cancellation of some taxes.
The cancellation of the taxes, including the COVID-19 Levy, the Betting Tax, and the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy), was announced by the Finance Minister.
Not only that, Dr Ato Forson, during his presentation, touched virtually on all the policies and programmes and even made budgetary allocations for them.
