‘How many Ghanaians sleep at 6pm?’ Agalga defends evening Budget presentation
Majority Leader James Agalga has dismissed concerns by the Minority over the 6:00 p.m. presentation of the 2027 Budget, insisting that Ghanaians will be wide awake to follow the Finance Minister’s address. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, Mr Agalga said the government did not intend to present the budget at a time when the public would be asleep. “We are not intent on presenting a budget statement when the people of this country are asleep. That is not what we are intending to do,” he said. His comments followed criticism by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who questioned why Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson had chosen to present the budget in the evening. Mr Agalga challenged the Minority's suggestion that the timing would leave Ghanaians too tired to follow the presentation.