{"id":435197,"date":"2026-01-26T22:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435197\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:57:08","slug":"majority-slams-minority-cites-economic-hardship-under-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435197\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority slams Minority, cites economic hardship under Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/Majority-slams-Minority-cites-economic-hardship-under-Akufo-Addo-2018959?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/72692396.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama Ayariga is the Majority leader in parliament\" title=\"Mahama Ayariga is the Majority leader in parliament\" width=\"295\" height=\"174\" \/> <\/a>Mahama Ayariga is the Majority leader in parliament<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Majority Caucus in Parliament has dismissed recent claims by the Minority, insisting that Ghanaians have not forgotten the severe economic hardships experienced under the previous administration.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on January 26, 2026, and signed by the Majority Leader, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mahama Ayariga<\/a>, it noted that the Minority lacks the moral authority to criticise the current government, given the state in which it left the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Majority recalled that Ghana\u2019s financial system collapsed, with the cedi depreciating at unprecedented levels and inflation soaring to historic highs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/politics\/Minority-calls-out-NDC-over-delay-in-passage-of-anti-LGBTQ-law-2018944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minority calls out NDC over delay in passage of anti-LGBTQ+ law<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These conditions, it said, significantly eroded household incomes and plunged many families into economic distress.<\/p>\n<p>It further noted in the statement that critical social services deteriorated sharply, with Senior High Schools frequently unable to resume academic activities due to the lack of funds for feeding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ghanaian people lived through one of the most difficult economic periods in our history, and no amount of political spin can erase that reality,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Majority said it will continue to remind the public of these challenges, stressing that Parliament must remain grounded in facts rather than selective memory when national issues are debated.<\/p>\n<p> Read the full statement below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mahama Ayariga is the Majority leader in parliament The Majority Caucus in Parliament has dismissed recent claims by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-435197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}