Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has accused the government of introducing policies without adequately considering their implementation, costing and funding requirements.
He cited the 24-Hour Economy and the Big Push infrastructure programme as examples, arguing that ideas without clear plans and the resources to execute them have little value to the public.
Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues, Sunday, November 15, 2026, Dr Amin Adam said governments may have several ideas, but they must be properly assessed and backed by realistic timelines and funding before being announced.
“There’s no government that will not have some ideas, but if you have ideas you cannot implement, you better keep those ideas in your head,” he said.
He questioned the government’s progress on the 24-Hour Economy, arguing that its failure to translate the policy into tangible results had undermined its relevance.
“What brought about the 24-Hour Economy, was it not an idea? And you have not been able to implement it and so it becomes a useless idea, it is not relevant,” he added.
The former Finance Minister also criticised the government’s funding for the Big Push, saying the administration had made commitments without adequately thinking through how they would be delivered.
He alleged that allocations announced for the infrastructure programme were subsequently reduced without sufficient public explanation.
“When you say Big Push and then you can’t fund and you give big allocations and you go behind and reduce it when people are sleeping, then it is self-inflicted.
“It simply means that the government doesn’t run well, does not think through the idea it promised to implement and we can see the results those ideas are delivering to the Ghanaian people, poor results,” he stated.
Dr Amin Adam said the situation reflected poor planning and management, adding that the outcomes of the government’s policies had so far delivered disappointing results for Ghanaians.
