Communications Team Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Senyo Amekplenu, has accused the government and the Ghana Statistical Service of manipulating economic data to create a false impression of recovery, insisting that ordinary Ghanaians are yet to feel any improvement in their living conditions.
Speaking in an interview on ABC In The Morning, Mr. Amekplenu dismissed the recent announcement that inflation has declined to 5.4 per cent, alleging that the figures do not reflect the realities on the ground.
“The Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, is cooking and manipulating figures,” he claimed.
According to him, the government’s emphasis on macroeconomic indicators has failed to address the daily economic hardships faced by citizens, particularly rising food prices, transport costs and utility bills.
Commenting on President John Dramani Mahama’s first year in office, Mr. Amekplenu argued that the administration has prioritised statistical achievements over tangible improvements in livelihoods.
“Ghanaians do not eat macroeconomic indicators,” he said. “Government can now celebrate numbers and citizens will experience hardship — is that what they are telling us?”
He also questioned the status of key government flagship promises, particularly the proposed Women’s Development Bank and the One Million Coders programme. “Where is the women’s bank? The women are still calling for the banks to be opened,” he said, adding that similar concerns surround the much-publicised One Million Coders initiative.
The continued absence of these programmes on the ground, he argued, raises serious questions about the government’s commitment to translating policy promises into tangible outcomes for citizens.
