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Former Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, has strongly criticized President John Dramani Mahama’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of his second term, accusing him of failing to outline a clear governance agenda.
In his February 27, 2025 address, President Mahama painted a grim picture of Ghana’s economy and pledged to restore stability. However, Osei Asare, who is also the Member of Parliament for Atiwa East, dismissed the speech as lacking substance and direction.
“President John Dramani Mahama’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) was expected to set the tone for his administration’s governance agenda. Instead, it was a predictable mix of economic doom-saying, political blame-shifting, and populist promises without a credible funding plan,” she remarked.
The former Deputy Finance Minister also questioned how the President intends to finance his social intervention programs, arguing that his policies seem impractical given his own assessment of the economy.
“In addition to creating a gloomy picture of the economy he has inherited, the President has outlined heavy expansionary fiscal policies that, at best, may be considered populist and unsustainable. It is ironic that, on the one hand, the President describes the economy as being in an intensive care unit (ICU), yet, on the other hand, he is pushing for massive new social intervention programs without indicating how they will be financed.”
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