Reports circulating suggest that the 2027 Budget Statement could be the final budget reading by Dr Cassiel Ato Forson in his capacity as Ghana’s Minister of Finance.
According to Ghana Chronicles, its intelligence indicates that Ato Forson is not expected to be sacked or reshuffled but could instead resign from his position to pursue his presidential ambitions.
In a post shared on X, the platform stated: “From our intelligence, this could be the Finance Minister’s final Budget reading. He won’t be sacked or reshuffled, but… 👀”
Ghana Chronicles also alleged in a separate post that two aspirants in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer race could withdraw from the contest to support Ato Forson’s bid to lead the party.
“Two aspirants are dropping to support Ato Forson,” the post stated.
However, the claims by the Ghana Chronicles have not been independently verified.
Meanwhile, Paul Adom-Otchere, a veteran journalist and host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, has said Finance Minister Dr Ato Forson is winning the NDC flagbearer race.
The veteran journalist claimed that President John Dramani Mahama is giving Finance Minister Dr Ato Forson a full presidential red carpet.
He argued that President John Mahama is grooming Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson to succeed him.
According to Paul Adom-Otchere, President Mahama’s plan is for Ato Forson to smash Asiedu Nketia to become the NDC presidential candidate and to face Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in 2028.
He highlighted that President Mahama, who received an invitation to be at the new Benin President’s inauguration, chose Ato Forson to attend instead of the Vice President or the Chief of Staff.
Speaking in one of the episodes of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere detailed, “President Mahama nailed it. All of this Asiedu Nketia matter happened on Friday: Asiedu Nketia statement, Haruna Iddrisu’s response, it all happened on Friday, but President Mahama nailed it.
On Sunday, when the invitation had come for the Beninua government for the President of Ghana to attend the inauguration of the President of Benin, His Excellency the President John Dramani Mahama decided to send Cassiel Ato Forson to represent him. He is already building Ato Forson for the job. There is a metaphor for Ato Forson: ” Incoming President of Ghana”.
He further added, “The new president of Benin was also the Finance Minister; he ran for President and won. Who is Ato Forson today, the Finance Minister? Does he want to run for president? Yes, does he want to win? Yes. If he runs for president, does he mean Asiedu Nketia can also run? No, unless he joins The Base party.
Ato Forson is winning this thing. So President Mahama sends Ato Forson to Benin to represent Ghana. This is a presidential event; if the president cannot come it is the vice president who will go; if he cannot, the Chief of Staff will go. This is President Mahama giving Ato Forson a full presidential red carpet in Benin, preparing him for the job.
Whoa.
That’s Cassiel Ato Forson… Viewers, please clap for him… This is the president of Ghana who has then given the opportunity to his finance minister, whom he is grooming, to smash Asiedu Nketiah out of the race to become the NDC flag bearer and then do will fight the election in 2028. If he does not win, he is young. If Dr Bawumia wins, he will serve two terms. After two terms, they will remove you. Ato Forson will run in 2032, that is the plan of John Mahama. Goodnight to Asiedu Nketia for the NDC flagbearership”.
See the post below:
Two aspirants are dropping to support Ato Forson. https://t.co/LMEoIEdGRU
— GHANA CHRONICLES (@_GhChronicles) September 24, 2026
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