The Minority in Parliament has rejected claims that the Akufo-Addo administration handed over a collapsed economy, insisting they managed it successfully and reduced inflation despite global challenges.
This follows the presentation of the 2025 Budget Statement and Economic Policy by Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson in Parliament on Tuesday, March 11.
Addressing the press, former Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, speaking on behalf of the Minority caucus, argued that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) inherited a growth rate of 3.4% in 2016 but handed over an improved rate of 5.7% to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2024.
According to the Karaga lawmaker, Dr. Ato Forson hesitated when announcing growth figures and the debt-to-GDP ratio, suggesting a lack of confidence in claims of an economic crisis.
He maintained that the NPP government left behind a strong economy in 2024.
“The minister has confirmed to the whole world today that the economy we handed over to the NDC government was a strong economy. We have been telling Ghanaians that the economy was not in crisis.
“President Mahama used the SONA over an economy which was not in crisis, and yet he told Ghanaians that the economy was in crisis. The Minister for Finance also tried to do the same, but we all heard him.
“We took over from the NDC in 2016 with a growth rate of 3.4% against 5.7%,” he stated.
