"You promised Ghanaians one job, three people, three shifts; where is it?"

She contends that not only is the fund allocated not enough but the government seems not sure of itself as it has given different figures in the budget. "Clearly, Mr. Speaker, when you look at the funding in the budget, on one page it said 90 million cedis, on another page it says 110 million cedis; so this is what I'm speaking to. Even the numbers in the budget are not adding up", she emphasized.

In her view, if the government really considers the 24-hour economy policy as a game changer for growth jobs and economic transformation as the theme stipulates, then what has been allocated does not depict that commitment. "You are only speaking to it and not actually making sure that it happens", she stated.

In growth projection, she expressed disappointment in the growth forecast of 0.1percent from 4.8 to 4.9 percent despite a number of programs including the Nkoko nkitikiti, among other things that the government intends to do; stating that the 50 billion cedis addition to expenditure in the 2026 budget is not reflective in the growth numbers.

According to her, Ghana's growth projection for 2026 is the lowest in the sub-region particularly compared to countries that are at the same level with Ghana including Benin - 6.7%, Burkina Faso - 4.8%, Cote d'Ivoire - 6.4%.

The former deputy minister for finance also attributed the low growth forecast to government's inability to align infrastructure development, noting that the two are interconnected.

She criticised the government for not prioritizing the completion of the Accra to Kumasi dualization project already under construction; and instead decided to start a new one.

"Every infrastructure is infrastructure, so that you cannot tell us that the Accra - Kumasi would be done in 2027, and that you have funds to do other equally important roads that you haven't even begun; but here we are on the Accra - Kumasi road, people take eight good hours. Loss of working time, business time, economic time". So we have Accra -Kumasi, it is to a certain reach; why wouldn't you rather complete that one, and yet you are telling us you would do so in 2027."

She charged the finance Minister to have a rethink and prioritize the ongoing Accra -Kumasi dualization project.