Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to shift from rhetoric to action in addressing the country’s economic difficulties.
He said prices of essential commodities such as cement have surged under the current administration, worsening the burden on ordinary Ghanaians.
Mr. Aboagye, speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily show on Wednesday, July 30, noted that the hardships have become unbearable and called on the government to get to work.
“We cannot pretend. I am appealing to the government to reduce the talk and deal with the real issues. We run an electoral democracy, and there is nothing anybody can do about the situation unless they get to work,” he stated.
Miracles Aboagye cited the price of cement, saying, “Cement, which used to be GHS85 to GHS90, is now GHS130.”
The New Patriotic Party communicator also criticised the Mahama-led government for what he described as hypocrisy in claiming to run a lean government while overspending behind the scenes.
“This government promised us a lean government and even mocked Akufo-Addo for running a bloated one. True, they came and reduced the number of ministers, but they are spending more,” he said.
He likened the situation to a “Kwashiorkor economy”—“a government small in size but big in taste,” arguing that “they are spending GHS2.7 billion on government machinery, compared to the GHS327 million spent by the Akufo-Addo government.”
