The Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, is expected to present the 2024 Mid-Year Budget review on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
The presentation is in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921).
It will provide an update on the implementation of the 2025 budget, with insights into the economic and fiscal performance for the first half of the year.
The Deputy Majority Leader, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, disclosed this in Parliament while presenting the business statement for the eighth week ending Saturday, 19th July 2025.
“The mid-year again will happen on the 24th of July. I think the committee on the selection issue, Right Honourable Speaker, has been engaging with it. He is out of the jurisdiction, and so when he comes back, I am sure he will get it sorted out,” he stated.
He added that the Business Committee has taken notice of numerous referrals pending at committees.
Mr. Ricketts-Hagan pointed out that currently 61 referrals have been made to 16 committees, and they are expected to consider and report on same.
In addition, the Deputy Majority Leader noted that the Business Committee has scheduled the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, to brief the House on Tuesday, 15th July, 2025, on the recent demolition of properties at the Sakumono Ramar Site.
The committee has also scheduled the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, to brief the House on Thursday, 17th July 2025, on the recent 2.5% increment in electricity tariffs by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC).
Source: Adomonline.com
