The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has alleged that the government’s report of the economy does not reflect what is actually happening on the ground.
According to the MFWA boss, government has resorted to propaganda, thereby distorting the realities of matters and clouding the judgement of Ghanaians.
“I think that we’re in a deep crisis even though for purposes of propaganda and PR, the government continues to say that we have is a challenge and not a crisis. But we’re certainly in a very very deep crisis and what is going on is at this stage, nothing but something that should be attributed to the poor governance, poor leadership [and] incompetence on the part of our leaders”, he said.
He also blamed the government for the worsening situation in Ghana.
Mr Sulemana Braimah’s comments come at a time the country is experiencing fiscal difficulties and a host of other economic challenges.
The country’s inflation rate for September hit 37.2% as against the 33.9% recorded in August 2022.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree on mutual terms in a proposed IMF bailout request by Ghana.
According to government, it is hopeful of a favourable agreement with the IMF, that will help put the country’s economy on a sound footing.