New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Director hopeful, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has questioned claims of economic improvement under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, arguing that favourable macroeconomic figures have not brought enough relief to ordinary Ghanaians.
Dennis Aboagye said the decline in inflation and the recent strengthening of the Ghana cedi should not be celebrated in isolation when households continue to face higher costs for essential services.
Speaking during an interview on Friday, September 4, 2026, he argued that the true measure of economic performance should be whether people are experiencing improvements in their everyday lives.
He pointed to recent increases in utility charges as an example of the gap between economic statistics and household realities.
Dennis Aboagye noted that although inflation had reportedly fallen from 23 per cent to about five per cent and the exchange rate had improved from around GH¢14 to approximately GH¢12 to the US dollar, electricity and water tariffs had also increased.
He questioned the significance of the macroeconomic improvements to families struggling with rising household expenses.
According to the NPP communicator, his position is informed by conversations with various groups, including market women, teachers, nurses and truck drivers.
He maintained that ordinary citizens were less interested in government statistics and more concerned about the cost of accommodation, education, utilities, food and other basic necessities.
Miracles Aboagye also dismissed the idea that improved profits by state-owned enterprises should automatically be regarded as evidence of economic success.
He said Ghanaians would instead want to know whether such gains were creating jobs and improving their livelihoods.
He stressed that voters would ultimately assess the government based on their personal economic experiences.
Dennis therefore argued that the government’s positive economic narrative could be misleading if the reported gains were not reflected in improved living conditions.
He said the NPP’s responsibility was to encourage voters to look beyond headline figures and assess whether the claimed economic recovery was actually benefiting them.
