Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson will today, Thursday, November 13, present the government’s 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament.
The presentation, a constitutional requirement under Article 179, will outline how the government plans to raise and spend money in the coming year. It is expected to detail policies aimed at sustaining Ghana’s economic recovery under the IMF-supported programme, keeping inflation in check and maintaining stability.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the 2026 budget will focus on reducing hardships, strengthening macroeconomic stability, implementing structural reforms, creating decent jobs and restoring investor confidence. It will also reflect government’s spending priorities for the year ending December 31, 2026.
Ahead of the presentation, officials have hinted that several social intervention programmes will continue. These include free tertiary education for persons with disabilities, the no academic fee policy for first-year students in public tertiary institutions, the distribution of free sanitary pads to girls in basic and secondary schools, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, the Capitation Grant, the School Feeding Programme and Free Primary Healthcare under the Ghana Medical Care Trust, also known as MahamaCares.
The government is also introducing new initiatives such as the Adwumawura programme, a National Apprenticeship Programme, a Women’s Development Bank and the Digital Job Initiatives, which targets one million young coders. Other priority projects include the Big Push infrastructure plan, the 24-hour Economy initiative, the Accelerated Export Development Programme and a new Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda that will promote projects like Feed Ghana, Ghana Grains Development, the Vegetable Development Project and the Nkoko Nkitinkiti poultry initiative.
The national budget presentation is one of the most anticipated events on the parliamentary calendar, as it sets the tone for policy direction and economic management for the year ahead while offering citizens and investors a clearer view of the government’s priorities.
