The Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has stressed the importance of a national budget that directly impacts people's lives, rather than focusing solely on macroeconomic indicators.

Speaking on The Keypoints with Alfred Ocansey, he stated: "Where we are right now, the challenges we've been through, the difficulties we've been through, I'll be more interested in seeing the budget that addresses the larger problems of people.

I mean, the needs of people.

I don't know, probably even their wants." Cudjoe further emphasized that while technical budgetary discussions are necessary, their real value lies in tangible improvements to essential sectors. "What is the essence of the budget if it is not going to affect positively people's livelihoods-from healthcare to education to hardcore poverty?" he asked on March 15.