Africa-Press – Ghana. Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Presidential Spokesman and Minister of State in-charge of Government Communications has said that Ghana’s economy has seen significant improvement since President John Dramani Mahama assumed office.
Speaking at the maiden Presidential Dialogue with the Private Sector in Accra, Mr Ofosu said since January 2025, the President and his government had been busy cobbling together various policies aimed at fostering a continual business environment.
“Indeed, much of the heavy lifting has been done and some of the results are beginning to show. Everybody in this room would attest to the truism that the business environment today is much better than it was before His Excellency assumed office. But it is one thing to sit in the hallowed halls of Government and make policy,” he said.
“It is quite another to have a more visceral and candid assessment of the impacts of those policies in order that those policies can be fine-tuned and that they are better created to meet the needs of the audience, which in this case are those within the business community.”
The Minister said the Dialogue had been put together as part of a series of engagements with important segments of Ghanaian society.
He said after the engagement, because the President had a deliberative and consultative approach to governance, he would also engage members of organised labour who form a chunk of the workforce of Ghana.
He would also meet members of civil society for his policies to come under scrutiny and come out in ways that were more beneficial.
“Many reasons exist why this sort of governance is important. At the very least, it offers an opportunity for ideation and the synthesis of various viewpoints so that only the best policies can come out for the benefits of all,” Mr Ofosu said.
“Again, it provides an important platform for feedback so that the President and his government are able to assess exactly what the impact of those policies have been and what could be done better in order to foster an even better business environment.”
He indicated that it was not only people within segments of Ghanaian society that the President would be engaging; declaring that this was part of an overarching objective to take governance to the people.
He noted that in addition to these engagements, the President would be stepping out to meet the people of Ghana as well; saying “they are, after all, the reason why he is in office”.
“You may have noticed that at the presidency, we hold regular briefings through which various ministers of state and other officials engage with the Ghanaian public to tell them exactly what that man is doing.”
Mr Ofosu said the President wanted to take it a step further by having regional accountability fora and district accountability fora where he would lead a delegation of ministers who will be joined by regional ministers, district Chief executives and other office holders at various levels of government, so that he was able to account directly to the people.
He reiterated that all of this was aimed at achieving one objective, to make his government better than he intended it to be. “It is my belief that the objectives set for this evening will be achieved by the time we are done,” Mr Ofosu said.
He said the President would encourage the Private Sector to be as candid as possible in their assessments and engagements with him so that overall, they all leave the Dialogue much better informed about what policies the President had for them and how those policies had impacted.
