Source: Africa Publicity
The Minority in Parliament has claimed that recent economic gains in Ghana are not due to competence of the President John Dramani Mahama’s government.
According to the Minority, external factors such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bail-out program, and debt relief are responsible for the gains in the Ghanaian economy rather prudent economic management.
Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, addressing journalists at a press conference in Accra on Monday, January 26, 2026, said the IMF program, debt relief, rising commodity exports, and reduced government expenditure are the key drivers of the economic improvements, not reforms or re-engineering by the current administration.
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According to Afenyo-Markin, “We have been told that the economy is doing well. That is not in doubt, but the question is: is the economy doing well because there is prudent management of our economy, or is it that this government has introduced some social intervention programs that have, in themselves, created an opportunity for young, ambitious Ghanaians?”
He says “We hereby submit that the so-called gains were not born out of the government’s competence in the management of our economy. Rather, the IMF program, debt relief, rising commodity exports, and reduced expenditure are the major reasons for the upswing in Ghana’s economy,not a re-engineering of the economy.”
