The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has sharply criticized the forthcoming mid-year budget, labeling it as lacking vision, purpose, and effectiveness in addressing the issues created by the current government.

In remarks made to Gh One TV prior to the budget presentation, Murtala Muhammed argued that the budget fails to inspire hope among Ghanaians, who are already disheartened.

He pointed out that the prevailing sense of hopelessness has cast a shadow over the budget discussions, reflecting a general skepticism about the budget's ability to tackle the nation's pressing concerns.

“The demoralizing state of this country under the watch of President Nana Addo and Dr. Bawumia is not only limited to those of us in opposition. Even our colleagues in the NPP themselves are demoralized because they can tell that this mid-year budget is visionless, purposeless, and cannot salvage the mess that we have been subjected to by Dr. Bawumia and President Nana Addo. I guess that is the reason why you don’t find the euphoria that characterizes mid-year budgets.

"Because if you observed, the previous mid-year budgets except even the last one and this one, the euphoria is not there. People are not enthused, people are not even interested because they know that once again it's going to be the usual propaganda and stories…”, he said.