Mahama’s gov’t most expensive in the history of Ghana — Miracles Aboagye

The 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Campaign Director of Communication, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticized the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government over what he describes as an excessive appetite for money.

According to him, despite being portrayed as a lean government, President John Dramani Mahama’s administration is the most expensive in Ghana’s history to the taxpayer.

In a social media post on Thursday, March 13, Miracles Aboagye compared the budgetary allocations for government machinery under both administrations, stating that while the NPP government, which was labeled as large, allocated GHS 327 million in 2024, the NDC government has allocated GHS 2.7 billion in 2025.

“This NDC government is the most expensive government in the history of Ghana to the taxpayer. Ironically, it’s currently the leanest—small in size, big in appetite.

“2.7 billion cedis on a small government, 327 million in an elephant-size government,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has dismissed the claims regarding the budgetary allocation to the Office of the President.

Addressing the issue in a video shared on social media on Thursday, March 13, Kwakye Ofosu clarified that the allocation includes salaries for civil servants and directors from collapsed ministries now under the Office of the President.

“So, it is the salaries of these staff that are now being catered for under the Office of the President. When you see GHS 2.7 billion, it includes the salaries of these staff, plus all the other agencies that form part of government machinery,” he explained.

“For example, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation has 1,150 staff, the Information Services Department has 1,309 staff, and the Ghana News Agency has 133 staff. When you put them together, that is 2,557 staff. The salaries of these people for 2025 are being catered for through the Office of the President,” he added.