2026 budget must fund real job creation, not rhetoric– Oppong Nkrumah

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged the government to prioritise investments that directly stimulate job creation as it prepares to implement the 2026 budget.

Addressing Parliament on Wednesday, November 19, he stressed that the budget’s promised outcomes—growth and employment—will only materialise if government channels resources into concrete, job-generating initiatives.

He cautioned that rhetoric alone will not deliver results.

“If this budget really intends to create growth and jobs, they need to be investing in the job creating initiatives.You can make all the noise that you want if your revenue doesn’t perform you won’t get the money to invest in it,” he said.

“If your revenue doesn’t perform and you don’t invest it in the things that will create jobs the young people will come for you at the end of the day,” he said.