Eugene Boakye Antwi is a former MP for Subin
A former Member of Parliament for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has described 2025 as a challenging year, especially as a politician of the opposition New patriotic Party (NPP).
Speaking in a video shared on social media on December 28,2025, Boakye Antwi explained that the year has been difficult following the change of government and the time needed for the new government to put its appointees in place, including ministers, heads of agencies, and MMDCEs.
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“It’s been a not-so-good year because one, there was a change of government. The government had to put its team in place to work. The ministers, the agency heads, the MMDCS, the ambassadors, I mean, we are waiting to see,” he stated.
Based on his experience as a former deputy Minister, he noted that it will be unfair to judge any government within its first or second year of office.
He added that a clearer direction of the current government would be known by this time next year.
“I’ve just told them earlier that it will be unfair to assess any government. I’ve been a member of the executive before as a deputy minister from 2017 to 2021. And it wouldn’t be fair to assess any government within its first year or even the second year.
“I would say next year, around this time, will give us a better hang of what, where the government intends to take the country,” he said.
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Boakye Antwi noted that the country still depends on support from the IMF, which, according to him, limits the resources available to the government, stating, ” But as it stands, we are we are IMF economy. There isn’t much in the system for the government to work on or to work with.”
He acknowledged some positive indicators, such as the stabilization of the dollar but described these gains as “artificial, stressing that they are not driven by clear policy.
“The dollar is stable, which is good. Inflation is under control. But it’s all because these are, these are all artificial stuff because there’s no policy driving it, there’s no policy behind it, if you know what I mean,”
Boakye Antwi, however, praised the government for stabilizing the cedi, adding that it has helped importers.
“The government has been smart to find a way, right, to stabilize the dollar. It’s allowing the good people of this country to bring in imports, you know, with a very stable dollar. It helps them to plan. But it all remains to be seen sometime next year, if indeed there is some kind of master plan that is being used by this government to hold the city, to hold inflation, and what have you.”
Regardless of the commendation, he raised concerns about the billions of cedis that the government owes contractors and stakeholders, saying, ” And you know, contractors are owed, left, right, and center.”
He cautioned that once these arrears are paid, the true strength of the economy and the stability of the cedi will be tested.
“Inflation is good, it’s very low, and all the rest of it. But I keep saying the government owes billions, billions to contractors, to stakeholders. And once these monies are outstanding, have not been fully paid, you don’t know, we can’t really tell the shift of the economy.
“But once it’s paid into a system, you’ll see movements here and there. I think we will then see if the dollar is really stable or is going to go up again against the dollar. But as it stands, you know, so far I would say so good,” he added.
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The year 2025 has not been a very good one for me as an NPP politician — Former Subin MP, Eugene Boakye Antwi, reflects on the happenings of 2025 in his political journey. pic.twitter.com/pOZkSDkMQt
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