His Excellency John Dramani Mahama has criticized the previous Akuffo Addo- Bawumia led administration, emphatically stating that they criminally mismanaged the Ghanaian economy.
The President said this at the National Tripartite Committee meeting at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs, and Employment—where the government announced a 10% increase in base pay for public sector workers, effective March 2025, expressing shock at the economic mismanagement he has uncovered a few days since he resumed office.
In this delivery, he stated, “We all knew the economy was in crisis, but some of the things I am uncovering myself have been a criminal mishandling of our economy. Ghana is now a crime scene”.“How can a government be so reckless? I cannot understand,”
Minimum wage serves as the baseline for wages across various sectors which impact both formal and informal income earners of the economy. there have been several calls for an increase in minimum wage over the years, and yielded results in 2024 when a 23% increase was approved by government,and now a 10% increase effective March 2025.
