2025 Budget Sidestepped Employment, Says TUC

Ghana’s TUC Calls for Expanded Agriculture Funding to Combat Food Inflation

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-tuc-calls-for-expanded-agriculture-funding-to-combat-food-inflation/The Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana has sharply criticized the government’s 2025 budgetary allocations, urging a significant increase in agricultural investment to address worsening food insecurity and inflation. With food prices soaring to 28.1% year-on-year as of February 20…

Ghana’s economic challenges stem from flawed macroeconomic framework – TUC says in comments on 2025 budget

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has published detailed comments on the 2025 Budget and Economic Policy presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson on March 11, 2025. The 2025 budget has the theme “Resetting the Economy for the Ghana we want,” In the 12-page document submitted to the government on the budget, the TUC commented on the Macroeconomic Policy Framework, Employment, Wages, Salaries, and Industrial Peace, S…

2025 Budget Sidestepped Employment, Says TUC

Dr Cassiel Ato Forson – Minister of Finance   The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has, in its reaction to the 2025 budget, stated that “it was silent on the fundamental issues affecting employment creation in Ghana.” It added in a statement issued Tuesday that “the macroeconomic targets for 2025 side-stepped employment.” In government’s current resetting mode “it should muster courage to set employment targets sector by sector and region by region.”…