The Member of for Assin South and former Deputy Minister of Education, , has expressed strong concerns over the budget allocation for the Office of Government Machinery in Ghana's 2025 budget estimates.

In a post on X on March 13, 2025, Ntim Fordjour criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government's decision to allocate GH¢2.7 billion to the Office of Government Machinery, describing it as a move to "create, loot, and chop" public funds.

In his post, Ntim Fordjour compared the current allocation with the previous (NPP) administration's spending, highlighting that the NPP government despite being criticised by the NDC as 'large', spent only GH¢327 million on the same office.

He argued that the NDC's so-called "lean" government, comprising 60 ministers and a reduced presidential staff, has paradoxically allocated a staggering GH¢2.7 billion, over eight times the previous amount-placing an undue burden on Ghanaian taxpayers. "NPP 'large' government spends GH¢327 million on the Office of Government Machinery and yet it was deemed as 'wasteful,' so yaanom decided to try a 'lean' government.