Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has strongly criticised the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy Document, describing it as a “cut-and-paste” compilation that fails to provide a fresh policy direction.

Debating the policy document in Parliament on Thursday, November 27, he accused the Ministry of Finance of failing in its mandate to present a carefully prepared and accurate budget.

According to Afenyo-Markin, the document contains multiple errors, including references to ministries that have been scrapped or renamed by the current government.

“How can you, at paragraph 519, claim that there is a Ministry of Railway Development? How can you, at paragraph 528, say there is a Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, and at paragraph 523 refer to a Ministry of Works and Housing?” he questioned.

The Minority Leader, who is also the Member of Parliament for Effutu, said many of the policies outlined in the 2026 budget were recycled from previous budget statements, rather than reflecting new strategies or initiatives.

He demanded that the government produce a properly prepared and factually accurate budget for parliamentary approval.

“This document has been brought to Parliament in the least. This document must be withdrawn and a new budget brought before Parliament,” he stated.