Business and Finance

Wenchi market women want 2027 budget provide clear timelines for proposed WDB

Nov 11 2026
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Market women and petty traders in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region say they highly anticipate the 2027 Budget Statement to make provisions, provide clear timelines for the establishment of the proposed Women Development Bank (WDB).

Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Finance is expected to present the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Thursday November 12, 2026.

In an interview with the media at Wenchi on their expectations from the budget, the market women reminded President John Dramani Mahama of his promise to set up the WDB during the 2024 electioneering.

They said they were unhappy about the delay in the establishment of the bank, with many of them complaining about difficulties in accessing credit facilities in the area and to push their business growth.

Nana Agnes, the Market Queen at Wenchi noted that the establishment of the WDB was a laudable idea and a sound economic intervention that would relieve market women of the stress they went through in accessing credit facilities.

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