Mid-Year Budget: ‘MoU is not a payslip’ – Oppong Nkrumah questions gov’t jobs, economic claims

Chairman of the NPP Policy Co-ordination Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has questioned the credibility of the government's claims on job creation and public spending ahead of Thursday's Mid-Year Budget Review, arguing that several announcements have not been matched by actual implementation.

He said the Mid-Year Budget Review should provide clarity on the implementation of government programmes and ensure that public announcements are backed by actual results.7 million jobs and has a direct allocation of GH¢110 million in 2026, the approximately 160,000 jobs announced so far are linked to newly signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) rather than projects that are already operational.