Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has accused the government of introducing economic policies that are making it difficult for money to move around in the economy.
Mr Aboagye described the government’s approach as an “inflation-target economy”. He argued that efforts to control inflation by reducing the amount of money in circulation were putting more financial pressure on ordinary Ghanaians and businesses.
Speaking during an interview, he said the situation was making it harder for people to spend money, run their businesses and meet their financial responsibilities.
“This government is running an inflation-target economy where they are sweeping all the money from the system. So you don’t have money to even go and buy,” he said.
Mr Aboagye also criticised the government over what he said were unpaid arrears owed to different groups, including teachers, nurses and cocoa farmers.
“Teachers are owed. They are not being paid. Fifteen-month arrears. Nurses are owed. They are not being paid. Cocoa farmers are not being paid,” he said.
He also questioned the government’s handling of its campaign promise to automatically post newly qualified teachers and nurses.
According to him, the number of people posted was far below the number of qualified people waiting for jobs. He said the government knew about the backlog before making the promise during the 2024 election campaign.
“You posted 7,000 out of a possible 70,000. But they met a backlog. We met a backlog. We cleared, but they made promises,” he said.
Mr Aboagye maintained that the government should have taken the existing backlog into account before promising automatic posting to newly qualified teachers and nurses.
