{"id":103306,"date":"2025-11-14T13:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103306"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:51:36","slug":"former-anyaa-sowutuom-mp-flags-risk-in-cutting-revenue-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103306","title":{"rendered":"Former Anyaa Sowutuom MP flags risk in cutting revenue streams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Anyaa Sowutuom MP Dickson Adomako Kissi has raised serious concerns about the government\u2019s approach to revenue generation ahead of the 2026 national budget.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Prime Morning News Flash, he cautioned that ongoing decisions to reduce key revenue streams could slow national development and weaken the government\u2019s ability to deliver essential infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Dr Adomako Kissi stressed that Ghana\u2019s fiscal framework relies heavily on \u201ctaxes and loans,\u201d which sustain public investments. \u201cPersonally, I worry anytime we take away government revenue,\u201d he said, arguing that the country is still lagging in many critical sectors.<\/p>\n

Using the delayed Pokuase road project as an example, he noted that funding constraints continue to cripple the timely delivery of major works.
\u201cGovernment doesn\u2019t have enough money to do things in a good time, in a rapid time. So to see the government reducing opportunities to get money worries me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also referenced the government\u2019s plans to build regional hospitals and complete ten of the Agenda 111 facilities. While describing these ambitions as \u201cfair enough,\u201d he questioned whether scrapping certain revenue sources, such as the COVID-19 levy removed earlier this year, was a wise move.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not doing well in terms of our infrastructural needs, in terms of energy indebtedness, and even pension schemes that we owe,\u201d he argued. \u201cSo why then scrap things that are supporting the government?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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