Former Deputy Energy Minister and legal practitioner Andrew Egyapa Mercer has questioned the adequacy of the GH₵13 billion allocated in the 2025 budget for the government's "Big Push" infrastructure agenda, warning that it may not be enough to deliver on key promises.
Speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Thursday, July 24, Mr Mercer said while the government's commitment to infrastructure development was welcome, the funding projected over a 10-year period raised doubts about its effectiveness. "I'm not so sure whether the GH₵13 billion that they provided for in the 2025 budget for a 10-year projection to be expended on infrastructure is enough," he said. "That's their commitment to the people of Ghana.
They admit that it's a social contract.
We would expect them to deliver." The "Big Push" is a policy initiative intended to scale up national infrastructure across sectors.
