Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has unveiled the 2025 budget, outlining key financial commitments across sectors such as education, infrastructure, social protection, and disaster relief.

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These allocations are intended to drive economic recovery and support the government’s long-term development agenda by addressing immediate needs while fostering sustainable growth.

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A total of 19 key allocations were highlighted in the budget, including:

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GH¢13.85 billion: Allocation for the Big Push Programme.

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2. GH¢499.8 million: Allocation for the No-Academic-Fee policy for first-year students in public tertiary institutions.

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3. GH¢292.4 million: Allocation for the distribution of free sanitary pads to female students in primary and secondary schools.

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4. GH¢242.5 million: Allocation to support victims of the Akosombo dam spillage.

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5. GH¢200 million: Allocation to support victims of the tidal wave disaster in the Ketu South constituency.

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6. GH¢3.5 billion: Allocation for the free secondary education program.

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7. GH¢564.6 million: Allocation for comprehensive provision of free curricula-based textbooks.

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8. GH¢1.788 billion: Allocation for the School Feeding Programme.

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9. GH¢145.5 million: Allocation for the Capitation Grant.

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10. GH¢203 million: Allocation for the payment of teacher trainee allowances.

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11. GH¢480 million: Allocation for the payment of nursing trainee allowances.

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12. GH¢9.93 billion: Allocation for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

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13. GH¢2.81 billion: Allocation for the Ghana Road Fund.

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14. GH¢2.81 billion: Allocation for the Ghana Road Fund.

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15. GH¢1.5 billion: Allocation for Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda (AETA).

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16. GH¢51.3 million: Allocation as seed fund for the establishment of the Women’s Development Bank.

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17. GH¢300 million: Allocation for the National Apprenticeship Programme.

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18. GH¢100 million: Allocation for the ‘Adwumawura’ Programme.

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19. GH¢100 million: Allocation for the National Coders Programme

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