Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Finance, has hit back at the former finance minister, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, after he attempted to downplay the economic gains the country has made under the Mahama government.
According to Ato Forson, Amin Adam was a finance minister for more than 10 months, but his economic record was poor.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on November 14, 2025, Dr Ato Forson detailed, “I’ve heard NPP say this, but if it was that simple, why didn’t they do that? If, clearly, the economy can rebound that fast under their regime, why didn’t they do it? And I had the immediate past minister, Honourable Amin, my colleague in Parliament, in a press statement.
“I’ve been at the Ministry of Finance for 10 months. I was there in February, so 10 months, even less than 10 months. He was there for the same period as a minister. And his record speaks for itself, and my record speaks for itself. So he was there the same period that I was there.
In fact, he was there, I think, from February or so till January. I’ve been there from February to November. So maybe he stayed even more than I, and so his record speaks for itself, and his record speaks for itself,” he said.
Ato Forson further fired Amin Adam and the NPP for being responsible for the economic mess.
He added, “The NPP were the same people who drove this country to the mess that we are seeing, and we had to sacrifice to be able to turn the tide”.
According to Ato Forson, he has the full support of President Mahama as he maintains discipline and implements prudent policies.
Ato Forson stated, “Let me say this, what we have been able to achieve is largely because of discipline and prudent policies and the coordination we are seeing from the fiscal authorities and the monetary authorities. That is what is giving us the results and, most importantly, the backing from President Mahama.
“Because I couldn’t have achieved the discipline that I’m introducing without the backing of the President, and because of his backing, the government is able to make the necessary changes in our fiscal management. If not him, this couldn’t have been achieved. I may have the intentions, but I will certainly need his backing.
The sort of backing I’m getting from His Excellency the President is giving me the will, the political will, to implement the reforms, very deep-seated reforms in the affairs of managing our fiscal, and that is what is yielding the results that we are seeing,” he stressed.
Ato Foson’s comments come following the NPP caucus and Amin Adam describing the 2026 budget as a “Galamsey Budget, growthless, jobless and minimalist”.
He accused the government of offering only “cosmetic rhetoric,” while “crawling” through economic challenges.
During a press conference at Parliament House in Accra on Friday, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam stated, “The Government chose to present even more half-baked policy ideas packaged as transformative initiatives. As a result, we look set to endure another year of fiscal indiscipline, masked as prudence, despite the economic evidence demanding a change in approach. What we need is economic transformation, which Ghanaians were promised, but what we see now is economic stagnation masquerading as progress.”