Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) member and Energy expert, has claimed that under President John Dramani Mahama’s first Christmas, many Ghanaians cannot afford a fowl.
According to Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku, businesses in the market have been very slow.
He argued that inflation, whether it is 6 per cent or 24 percent the reality is that prices are still high.
Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku, speaking on the current state of the Ghanaian economy, stated, “Things are very tough. When you go to the market, you realise that business is very slow. The government says the economy is doing well and that there is no hardship, but that is not the situation on the ground,” he said.
“They talk about inflation, whether it is 6 per cent or 24 percent but inflation is inflation. The reality is that prices are still high,” he stated.
“I thought by now kenkey would be selling at two cedis, but it is still five cedis. This is the first Christmas under this government, yet some people cannot even afford to buy a fowl. We are not feeling the reset agenda. Things are still hard,” he added.
Also, Eugene Boakye Antwi, a former Member of Parliament for Subin, has said 2025 has not been a very good year as an NPP politician.
According to Eugene Boakye Antwi, 2025 has not been a good year, as there was a change of government.
Speaking in a video shared on social media, Eugene Boakye Antwi stated, “It’s been a not-so-good year because one, there was a change of government. The government had to put its team in place to work. The ministers, the agency heads, the MMDCS, the ambassadors, I mean, we are waiting to see”.
“I’ve just told them earlier that it will be unfair to assess any government. I’ve been a member of the executive before as a deputy minister from 2017 to 2021. And it wouldn’t be fair to assess any government within its first year or even the second year.
I would say next year, around this time, will give us a better hang of what, where the government intends to take the country”, he said.
Eugene Boakye Antwi further stressed that Ghana is still depending on IMF support. “But as it stands, we are we are IMF economy. There isn’t much in the system for the government to work on or to work with.”
He further claimed that the stabilisation of the dollar is artificial, as there is no policy driving it.
“The dollar is stable, which is good. Inflation is under control. But it’s all because these are, these are all artificial stuff because there’s no policy driving it, there’s no policy behind it, if you know what I mean”.
“The government has been smart to find a way, right, to stabilise the dollar. It’s allowing the good people of this country to bring in imports, you know, with a very stable dollar. It helps them to plan. But it all remains to be seen sometime next year, if indeed there is some kind of master plan that is being used by this government to hold the city, to hold inflation, and what have you”, he added.
He further accused the Mahama government of owing billions of cedis to contractors and stakeholders.
“And you know, contractors are owed, left, right, and centre”, he said.
The former Subin MP lamented, “Inflation is good, it’s very low, and all the rest of it. But I keep saying the government owes billions, billions to contractors, to stakeholders. And once these monies are outstanding, have not been fully paid, you don’t know, we can’t really tell the shift of the economy.
“But once it’s paid into a system, you’ll see movements here and there. I think we will then see if the dollar is really stable or is going to go up again against the dollar. But as it stands, you know, so far I would say so good,” he added.