Following President John Dramani Mahama’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), Dr. George Domfeh, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ghana, has raised eyebrows over a glaring discrepancy in the government’s employment data.
During his address, the President announced that over one million Ghanaians secured employment between the first and third quarters of 2025.
He further indicated that approximately 950,000 Ghanaians escaped multidimensional poverty during the same period.
These gains were attributed to government policies focusing on the “24-hour economy” initiative, agriculture, infrastructure, and the digital economy.
The President’s pronouncements aimed to highlight a rapid economic turnaround following his assumption of office in January 2025.
However, Dr. Domfeh pointed out that the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)—the very institution cited by the President—reported an increase of only 330,000 jobs during that same window.
”Are we witnessing two versions of the same reality, or has statistics also joined the 24-hour economy and started working night shifts?” Dr. Domfeh quipped on his Facebook page.
The 670,000-job “gap” has sparked a fresh debate regarding the accuracy of government data versus independent institutional reporting.
By 1960news.com
