The Global InfoAnalytics has announced that a new national tracking poll has revealed majority of Ghanaians feel their standard of living has improved over the past year.
According to Global InfoAnalytics, 56% of respondents said their standard of living has improved compared to last year.
However, 27% reponded stated their standard of living remained unchanged, with 12% reported a decline, and 5% had no opinion.
Also, 70% of voters expressed confidence that their standard of living will improve in 2026.
The poll also revealed that 66 per cent of Ghanaians are satisfied with the 2026 budget presented by Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, with 18 per cent dissatisfied and 16 per cent neutral.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll also revealed 60% feel the government is doing enough to fight corruption.
On galamsey, 47% said the menace has not worsened under the President John Mahama administration.
The Global InfoAnalytics new national tracking is a sharp contrast to Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) member and Energy expert, who 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 the John Mahama-led government’s stabilisation of the cedi to the dollar and Ghana’s inflation are all artificial.
According to Eugene Boakye Antwi, there is no policy driving the stabilisation of the cedi to the dollar, and Ghana’s inflation.
Speaking in a video shared on social media, Eugene Boakye Antwi stated, “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.