The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has taken aim at the government over what he describes as contradictory and wasteful expenditure choices, particularly regarding election reruns and the resourcing of national security agencies.

In a post on X on Friday, December 12, 2025, he questioned why the 2026 Budget failed to allocate capital expenditure to the Ghana Immigration Service while the state has committed substantial funds to by-elections within the same period.

He cited figures indicating that the government spent GH¢38.6 million in a single day on the Akwatia by-election and GH¢1 million on a rerun of a few polling stations in Ablekuma, describing the expenditure as unjustifiable.

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Ntim Fordjour further argued that the administration was ‘bent on blowing more millions in a needless rerun in Kpandai where a legitimately elected MP is alive,’ insisting that such decisions undermine prudent public financial management.

The Ranking Member also criticised the government for seeking logistical support from international partners while continuing to channel significant resources into electoral activities.

“It is shameful this same government goes begging for GH¢1.77 million worth of equipment from Germany,” he stated, questioning the decision to waste millions on by-elections and reruns and go begging to retool the security sector.

He maintained that the government’s approach raises serious concerns about its priorities in governance and national security.

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Ntim Fordjour urged the John Dramani Manaham administration to reconsider its spending choices and stressed that investment in national security institutions, particularly the Ghana Immigration Service, must take precedence over what he termed ‘avoidable and needless electoral expenditures.’

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It’s very difficult to understand a government which claims to have no funds to allocate to Ghana Immigration Service as Capex in 2026 budget but blew Ghc38.6 million in a single day on Akwatia by-election and Ghc1m on rerun of few polling stations in Ablekuma. Today, same… pic.twitter.com/zsQsunRwUi

— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) December 12, 2025