Mid-Year Budget: Gov’t achieved surplus by compressing expenditure, not boosting revenue – Oppong Nkrumah

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says government’s reported fiscal surplus for 2025 was achieved largely through cuts in expenditure rather than significant improvements in revenue mobilisation.

Addressing the press on Wednesday, July 22, the Chairman of the NPP Policy Co-ordination Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, argues that the fiscal numbers the government is expected to highlight during Thursday’s Mid-Year Budget Review require closer scrutiny.

Mr Oppong Nkrumah is expected to raise further concerns about government’s revenue mobilisation strategy, debt management and the broader economic outlook ahead of Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson’s presentation of the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review on Thursday.