The Youth Are No Longer A Matter Of Concern To This Government – MP

Member of Parliament for Karaga and Former Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, said that the youth are no longer a matter of concern to this government.

“They have forgotten about you after getting power from you,” he said at a press conference in Accra on Friday, responding to the 2026 budget statement presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, on Thursday, November 13.

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He added, “That is why their priority has shifted to the use of the recent helicopter accident involving some of our gallant citizens as cover to procure 2 jets, 4 helicopters, and 2 offshore patrol vessels. This is going to cost our country US$1.2 billion.

Government must come clear why the purchase of 2 Executive Jets is a priority at the time it is asking Ghanaian workers to sacrifice more.”

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He further said that the NDC government has hailed Ghana’s 2025 fiscal outturn as evidence of prudence and consolidation, yet behind this narrative lies a deeper problem: the systematic under-execution of growth-enhancing public investment.

Dr. Amin Adam said that Parliament approved capital spending equivalent to 1.5% of GDP, but the government implemented only about 0.5% year-to-date.

“Even this, we can challenge it as it may have been inflated. But for a government that seems to want to shift the fortunes of Ghanaians with its so-called ‘Big Push,’ this is heartbreaking,” he said at the press conference on Friday, November 14, reacting to the 2026 budget statement.

This 1-percentage-point gap, nearly US$1.1 billion in foregone public investment, he said, was not a product of efficiency savings.

It reflected cash rationing, auction shortfalls, and mounting debt service pressure.