The Minority leader in parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has made claims that the government refuses to use budgetary restraint while dealing with issues that are seriously affecting the nation.

The mid-year budget review will be presented to parliament by finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta on July 25, 2023. According to Ato Forson, the minority will fight any attempt by the government to enact new taxes.

Instead of enacting new tax policies, he claims there is "massive room" for spending reductions.

“I won’t be surprised if the government introduces new measures because if you read the MEFP, the IMF is asking for additional measures of about 1% of GDP and I don’t know where that is going to come from.

“If I look carefully, there is a massive room for expenditure cuts, but the government obviously is indiscipline, and they don’t seem to care,” he said.

Dr. Ato Forson continued, “They want to live large on the back of the people of Ghana. So, they need to cut that kind of expenditure and if I am the one in charge or responsible, I would rather go for a cut in expenditure as against a tax measure or an increase in taxation.”