The Ministry of Finance, Ghana, through its official Twitter account, shared excerpts from the closing statement delivered by Deputy Finance Minister Hon. Thomas Nyarko Ampem during the 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review debate on August 1, 2025. The statements were made on behalf of Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the current Minister for Finance.
In a tweet posted at 11:02 UTC on August 1, 2025, the Ministry quoted Honourable Abena Osei Asare: ”The Honourable Abena Osei Asare stated, “if the cedi has appreciated against the US dollar,”.
Later that day at 14:00 UTC, another excerpt highlighted remarks by Hon. Mohammed Amin Adam regarding credit for changes in Ghana’s debt metrics: ”Hon. Mohammed Amin Adam, the immediate past Minister for Finance, suggested that Dr. Ato Forson cannot take credit for the reduction in the debt-to-GDP”.
A subsequent post at 16:05 UTC addressed concerns about data accuracy in parliamentary discussions: ”Mr. Speaker, Hon. Gideon Boako, an advisor to the former Vice President, provided some wrong debt figures in his submission to suggest that the negative”.
These statements form part of ongoing parliamentary debates concerning Ghana’s economic performance and fiscal management during mid-year budget reviews. Such debates are customary in Ghana’s legislative process and often involve scrutiny of government policies and economic indicators such as currency performance and public debt levels.