A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana has charged the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to let Ghanaians know how much revenue has been raised so far this year.

Prof Ebo Turkson said the Minister must do so by juxtaposing same against the targets for the period. 

Speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Monday, he also asked the Minister to disclose the expenditures for the first half of the year.

According to him, this will enable Ghanaians to appreciate the true state of the economy as of now. 

“Most importantly, I’m expecting the Finance Minister to tell us how much revenue he has made so far based on the targets for the first half of the year, and how much has been spent given that some of the interventions that were made by the government reduced from discretionary spending to see if we have made some savings from that.

"And how much we have also raised in revenue because that is what is going to influence what is going to happen in the second half of the year,” he explained. 

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will present the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review in Parliament later today.

Mr. Ofori-Atta was scheduled to deliver the address on Wednesday, July 13, but the date was changed due to the negotiations between government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Meanwhile, the Minister is also expected to make his first official comments on this decision, after publicly stating that the country would not go to the IMF.