The Member of Parliament (MP) for Effia and a member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Boamah Nyarko, has called on the government to prioritise three key areas in the forthcoming 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy: clear strategies for significant job creation, improved healthcare delivery with full funding commitments, and a realistic approach to road infrastructure under the Big Push programme.
Speaking on the expectations for the budget on Starr FM, Nyarko said the government must first provide a transparent plan for generating substantial employment.
“The number one expectation is for government to clearly tell us how are we going to create significant jobs for the people of Ghana, and give us pointers as to where the jobs are going to be created,” he stated.
His second priority centres on healthcare. He referenced the Mahama Care initiative, introduced to address conditions including kidney disease, and noted shortfalls in promised funding.
“Mahama brought Mahama Care to deal with kidney and all of that. The money he promised has not been put there. 100 million to cure them. As we speak now, less than 20 million has been released. So our healthcare delivery is still on the low side. So, it shouldn’t be lip service,” Nyarko said.
He stressed that healthcare improvements must move beyond announcements to tangible resource allocation.
On infrastructure, the MP urged caution with the Big Push road projects. He advised against commencing works that cannot be completed with available resources, drawing a parallel with past challenges such as Agenda 111.
“If you don’t have the money, please, the big push don’t start the areas you have not…if we know we couldn’t complete all, why start? If you know you can’t complete the roads, please don’t start, so that we focus on the ones that our money can do, and then do them, wash our hands off and we know that we have delivered,” he argued.
Nyarko summarised his position by calling for boldness and delivery on these three fronts: employment creation, a functional healthcare regimen, and properly executed road infrastructure under the Big Push.
His comments come as the government prepares to present the 2027 budget amid broader discussions on fiscal priorities, existing programme performance, and economic delivery.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
