Mr John Tia Akolgo, the Minister of Information, has said the budget was to improve the livelihood of Ghanaians and to provide more developmental interventions.

Mr Akolgo said the budget had taken care of critical areas such as education, health and agriculture.
He was speaking at the first celebration of Duusi Teng Maalug Dabhire festival of the chiefs and people of the Duusi Traditional Area in the Talensi-Nabdam District and "Education, Bedrock to Development."
The Minister refuted allegations that the budget had made provision to tax churches and said even though the policy was to enable every Ghanaian pay tax there would be some exemptions.
He said the taxes were not meant to punish the private sector but rather make it flexible to enable it operate freely since it was the major contributor to the development of the economy.
Mr Akologo inspected some projects in the area and these include a Community Health Based Planning Services (CHPS) compound at a cost of 12,000.00 Ghana cedis, cluster of schools and new a vocational training centre at a cost of 140,000.00 Ghana cedis.
It is meant for the training of dressmakers, hair dressers, weaving and information communication technology among others for the youth of the area.
He said funding from the MP's Common Fund.
Mr. Richard Amoah, the District Area Manager for Afrikids, a non governmental organisation working to provide quality livelihood to the people, said about 658 children supposed to be in school were engaged in small scale mining in the district and this was due to parents and government not playing their role to keep the children in school.
Mr Amoah said education was paramount to the development of the country and appealed to stakeholders to devote attention to developing education in the deprived areas of the country.
He commended the government for the school feeding programme, the free school uniforms, exercise and text books given to school children and urged the Ghana Education Service to formulate more effective policies that would help push the country's education system higher.
Mr. William Gana, the Assemblyman for the Duusi electoral area, said even though many NGOs had tried to eliminate poverty form the area, the area still faced many challenges which include health, sanitation and illiteracy and appealed to the government to help the people.