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Analysis: Why the media reported different 2025 GETFund allocations for MPs

Rahman ShabanbyRahman Shaban
May 9, 2025
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Analysis: Why the media reported different 2025 GETFund allocations for MPs
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Following the approval of the 2025 GETFund Allocation Formula by Parliament, some media platforms, including GHOne TV, Citi Newsroom, and Peace FM Online, published stories and quote cards with different approved amounts earmarked for disbursement to Members of Parliament (MPs). 

On March 29, 2025, a number of media platforms claimed that Parliament had approved GH¢250,000 as GETFund allocation for each MP and an additional GH¢150,000 for supervision of projects for the 2025 fiscal year. 

On Facebook, GHOne TV captioned the quote card: “Parliament approves GETFund’s allocation of GH¢250,000 to each MP.”

Analysis: Why the media reported different 2025 GETFund allocations for MPs

Fig1: A screengrab of GHOne’s story card

Also, CitiNewsroom.com and PeaceFMonline.com published the story with a similar headline, “Parliament approves GH¢250k for each MP.”

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Meanwhile, GhanaFact monitored that GHOne TV on X shared a flyer that reported an approval of  GH¢200,000 for each Member of Parliament. Analysis: Why the media reported different 2025 GETFund allocations for MPs

Fig 2: Screenshot of flyer from GHOne TV

This report seeks to analyse the two conflicting figures reported in the media as the GETFund allocation for Members of Parliament in the 2025 budget.  

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Investigations by GhanaFact show that before the final approval of the 2025 budget on March 29, 2025, the proposed allocation for GETFund to each MP was Two Hundred Thousand Cedis (Gh¢200,000) for education-related projects in their constituencies. 

According to the GETFUND Distribution Formula for 2025 (page 4) addressed to the Speaker on March 28, 2025, each MP was allocated Gh¢200,000 to undertake projects in their constituencies, with another Gh¢150,000 allocated for the Members of Parliament to monitor the projects. 

Analysis: Why the media reported different 2025 GETFund allocations for MPs

Fig 3: A screengrab of the GETFUND Distribution Formula for 2025

However, during the approval of the budget, on Saturday, March 29, 2025, the Member of Parliament for Kpandai, Matthew Nyindam, explained on the floor of Parliament that the Committee for Education proposed that the allocation for each constituency should increase from GH¢200,000 to GH¢250,000.

“We agreed at the committee of the whole that some adjustments be made to the allocation for the MPs’ projects… But the allocation is still the old one. It’s still 200 (200,000 cedis), but the minister has indicated strongly that it should be 250.”  [49:05-50:07]

The committee proposal was discussed and subsequently adopted by the first Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, and approved by the Members of Parliament. 

From the above, the correct figure allocated was 250,000 Ghana cedis. The media houses that relayed 200,000 quoted the figure as captured in the Committee Report despite the reviewed figure on the floor of the House during passage of the final budget.

GETFund is a public sector agency, established in 2000 under the GETFund Act 2000, Act 58. It has the primary objective to provide finance to supplement educational activities at all levels of education in Ghana. 

In order to get some perspective on GETFund disbursement to MPs, we analysed allocations in the last five years.

GETFUND Allocation to MPs Emergency Education Projects and Monitoring (2021-2025)

Year MPs Emergency Education Projects (Per MP) Monitoring and Evaluation(Per MP) Total Allocation for Projects and Evaluation
2021 (pg. 13) – – Gh¢ 30,250,000
2022  (pg. 10) Gh¢ 85,000 Gh¢ 45,000 Gh¢35,750,000
2023 (pg. 9) Gh¢70,000 Gh¢45,000 Gh¢ 31,625,000
2024 (pg. 8) – – Gh¢ 68,750,000
2025 (pg.  7) Gh¢ 200,000  Gh¢150,000 Gh¢96,600,000

Source: Parliament of Ghana Library Repository

GhanaFact’s analysis revealed that from 2021 to 2025, GETFund allocations to MPs for emergency education projects and monitoring varied. There was no data available in respect of allocations per MPs  in 2021 and 2024. 

In 2022 and 2023, MPs received GH¢85,000 and GH¢70,000, respectively, for projects, and GH¢45,000 each year for monitoring. However, the highest allocation was in 2025, with Gh¢250,000 for projects and Gh¢150,000 for monitoring for each MP.

Conclusion

While initial versions of the GETFund distribution formula showed an allocation of GH¢200,000 per MP, Parliament officially adopted the updated figure of GH¢250,000 after concerns were raised and addressed during the sitting on March 29, 2025. 

An additional GH¢150,000 was also approved for each MP to monitor and supervise the execution of these projects. The presence of both figures in public discourse simply reflects the timeline of internal discussions and formal approval, which explains why different outlets reported different numbers.

Researched by Samuel Nii Adjetey

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