The Ghanaian budget and economic statement for the fiscal year 2023 was passed by parliament on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

The budget was adopted by the House following the completion of the Parliamentary debate on it, according to 3news.com.

Haruna Iddrisu, the leader of the House's minority caucus, who wrapped up the discussion on behalf of the minority, encouraged the government to significantly reduce spending in order to address the economy's problems.

"This group is saying that significant spending reductions are required; otherwise, some of your tax revenues may suffer at our hands.

For instance, we shouldn't give him the GH1.4 billion allocation for the contingency vote, he added.