Sikasɛm Soafoɔ Dr Cassiel Ato Forson abɔ nhyehyɛe foforɔ a wɔafrɛ no “Sikasɛm Foforɔ” dawuro wɔ afe 2027 ɔman budget mu, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔresesa afiri sika korɔso nhyehyɛeɛ so akɔ sika a wɔde bɛyɛ adwuma a ɛde nkɔsoɔ bɛba so.

Berɛ a ɔrekasa wɔ JoyNews dwumadi PM Express so wɔ “The Mid-Year Scorecard: One-on-One with the Finance Minister” bere a ɔne Evans Mensah rekasa no, Dr Forson kae sɛ aban no mfeɛ mmienu a ɛdi kan wɔ tumi mu no, wɔde wɔn adwene sii sikasɛm mu gyinaeɛ a ɛyɛ den so a ne botaeɛ ne sɛ wɔbɛma sikasɛm no agyina yie.

Ɔkae sɛ afe 2027 budget no bɛhyɛ bere foforɔ a ɛfa sikasɛm mu nsiesieɛ ho ase a ɛde adwene bɛsi sikasɛm mu kwan a wɔbɛbue so, titire wɔ nkuraaseɛ ne mmabun ntam.

“Afe 2027 budget no, mebɛbɔ nhyehyɛe foforɔ a wɔafrɛ no sikasɛm foforɔ no dawuro,” ɔno na ɔkae.

Sɛdeɛ Sikasɛm Soafoɔ no kyerɛeɛ no, aban no hyɛɛ da faa mfeɛ mmienu nsiesie berɛ mu, nso ɔwɔ anidasoɔ sɛ ɔbɛte sika korɔso nhyehyɛeɛ den yɛ no so berɛ a sikasɛm no mekorɔ no.

“Mani da so bere nyinaa sɛ yɛbɛhia mfeɛ mmienu no a yɛde bɛsi gyinaeɛ a ɛyɛ den na deɛ ɛbɛyɛ a yɛbɛsesa saa sikasɛm yi. Yɛayɛ saa. Mempɛ sɛ medi ahurisie ntɛm dodo. Mepɛ sɛ mewɛn kosi afe no awieeɛ na mede sikasɛm foforɔ no ato dwa ma afe 2027,” ɔna ɔkyerɛe.

Dr Forson kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu sɛ aban no wɔ anidasoɔ sɛ ɔbɛte ne botaeɛ a ɛne sika firi fam mmoa 1.5% wɔ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) so akɔ 0.5% wɔ GDP so, a ɔkae sɛ saa anammɔn yi yɛ pasɛpasa baako a wɔagyae no wɔ nsiesie dwumadi no mu.

“Enti sɛ mede ka no koraa a, megu adwene sɛ mebɛma nsiesie no so ate pɛpɛɛpɛ pasɛpasa baako wɔ GDP so. Ɛkyerɛ sɛ woanya pasɛpasa baako foforɔ a wobɛtumi de ayɛ adwuma wɔ sikasɛm foforɔ no mu,” ɔno na ɔkae.

Ɔkae sɛ sika kwan foforɔ a ebebue no wɔbɛde akɔ mmeaeɛ a wɔhwɛ kwan sɛ ɛbɛhyɛ nkɔsoɔ nkuran na ebesiesie abraboɔ.

“Yɛrebɛsi mmeaeɛ a ɛwɔ nkuraaseɛ wɔ saa sikasɛm yi mu. Dwa mu mmaa a wohyiaa wɔn no. Ma nkɔsoɔ. Ma mmabun ne nkɔsoɔ,” ɔde kaa ho.

Sikasɛm Soafoɔ no kae sɛ aban no adwene bɛsi nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛka mmanfoɔ tɛɛ so bere a ɛresɔ sikasɛm mu nsakyeraeɛ kɛseɛ no mu no.

“Mempɛ sɛ mekan afe 2027 budget a mekurum yi. Nso mebɛtumi ama mo awerɛhyɛm sɛ yɛde yɛn adwene bɛsi mmanfoɔ no so na yɛasesa saa sikasɛm yi kɛseɛ na yɛasiesie no koraa,” ɔno na ɔkae.

Dr Forson de kaaho sɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a wɔayɛ yi da Ɔmampanin John Dramani Mahama sikasɛm anisoadehyeɛ adi, bere a ne dwumadi ne sɛ ɔbɛmoa ma wɔade ayɛ adwuma.

“Ɛno ne Otumfoɔ Ɔmampanin Mahama anisoadehyeɛ. Na ɛno ne me dwumadie sɛ meboa no ma ɔde ba mu,” ɔna ɔkyerɛe.

Dawubɔ yi baa ansa na wɔde afe 2027 budget no reto dwa, a wɔhwɛ kwan sɛ ɛbɛkyerɛ aban no sikasɛm nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛda no anim wɔ ne seesei sikasɛm nsiesie dwumadi no akyi.