By Joseph Agrace Wiyorbie, GNA
Lambussie (UW/R), Nov. 12, GNA – Some residents of the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region, have shared diverse expectations of the 2027 budget and economic policy ahead of its presentation to Parliament on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Kuoro Issaka Zengh Kazie Tenjie, the Paramount Chief of the Lambussie Traditional Area, called for the budget to allocate funds to train youth in responsible mining and create other employment opportunities.
He also called for allocation of funds to complete roads being awarded to contractors under the Big Push programme to improve road networks across the country, particularly rural agrarian areas.
On health, Kuoro Tenjie appealed to the government to focus more on building health infrastructure and providing incentives to motivate health workers to execute their duties effectively and efficiently.
He further called for allocation of funds in the 2027 Budget for the completion of the second batch of the selected Agenda 111 Hospital projects, to enhance healthcare delivery in the country.
Mr Siinayor Zuwii Samihu, the Chairman of Suke Future Leaders, also appealed to the government to increase investment in the education and health sectors, describing these areas as paramount to the growth and development of every nation.
He said the government should also prioritise youth employment and entrepreneurship, support small-scale businesses, education and skills development, agriculture and agribusiness, and social protection.
“Not every young person will secure employment in the public sector. Therefore, the government must empower young people to become employers rather than job seekers,” Mr Samihu said.
Mr Samihu expressed hope that the budget would address unemployment by creating more jobs and employment opportunities for the teeming youth of the country.
“Employment is what we need as youth to improve our living conditions and also contribute meaningfully to economic and national growth,” he said.
He suggested that the government should invest in the agricultural sector to whip up the interest of the youth to venture into agriculture to grow the economy.
Madam Abena Baagiro, the Leader of the Neewere Women Group, in Suke appealed to the government to allocate funds in the 2027 Budget towards the establishment of the Women’s Development Bank.
She said the Women’s Development Bank would give women their own bank that would understand and prioritise the financing of their businesses, to improve their living conditions.
Madam Baagiro said many rural women were farmers, traders, food vendors, seamstresses and small shop owners and needed money to support their businesses, but access to funding from the commercial banks had been extremely difficult for them because they did not have collateral.
She, therefore, said the establishment of the Women’s Development Bank would help address the challenges women faced in accessing loans for their businesses.
GNA
Edited by Christabel Addo