The Minority Caucus in Parliament has criticised the ruling National Democratic Congress government of not showing enough commitment towards implementing its US$10 billion strategic infrastructure development, otherwise known as the "Big Push".
Addressing the media in Parliament in Accra on its True Budget Statement, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi and former Information Minister, said the Government had failed in making the necessary budget allocations to give meaning to its planned infrastructure programme.
He said infrastructure investments were known to be pivotal towards opening the space for growth and jobs creation in the economy. "Unfortunately, however, the "Big Push" programme, government has failed in making the necessary budget allocations to give meaning to its planned infrastructure programme," he stated. "Out of the expected US$2.5billion to kick start the programme this year, the government has announced that it can only make available $800m (less than 1 billion).
In effect, the "Big Push" itself needs a push if anything meaningful will happen in infrastructure," he added.
