The Communications Director of the Unity Party (UP+), Solomon Owusu, and Awal Mohammed, a member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), were on each other’s throats on live TV during a debate on the state of Ghana’s economy on February 7, 2026.
Awal Mohammed, during his turn on a panel discussion on Joy Prime, asserted that the high inflation rate seen during the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government was largely due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
When Owusu took his turn, he asked, “I want to find out from Awal, you said inflation jumped to 13.5% because of Russia, Ukraine? Is that not the case?”
Awal retorted, “No, I said we entered January at 13.9%. The Russia-Ukraine war started on 15th February, then it moved up to 54%. Then it started coming down to 23%.”
Owusu then asked again, “Now the question is, do we still have the Russia-Ukraine war happening? Is the Russia-Ukraine war ongoing?”
This question appears to have burst the bubble of the NPP communicator, who said, “That’s an unintelligent question.”
Solomon Owusu showed no mercy and met Awal with a round of insults. “That is a stupid answer, that is a stupid answer to me. That is a very stupid answer,” he said.
Awal then said that his co-panellist did not know what he was talking about and had no understanding of economic issues and data.
Owusu responded, saying that he was only trying to make the point that the Russia-Ukraine war is still ongoing, but Ghana’s inflation rate has dropped to as low as 3.8% under the John Dramani Mahama-led government.
“You come and sit here and refer to Russia-Ukraine. I’m only pointing out to you that Russia-Ukraine is still happening, yet inflation is going down, addressing your mind to how shallow your argument is, you are here throwing your weight about… Foolish boy!” the UP+ Communications Director fumed.
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Watch a video of the incident below:
Solomon Owusu: I want to find out from Awal, is the Russia–Ukraine war still ongoing?
Awal Mohammed: That’s an unintelligent question.
Awal Mohammed and Solomon Owusu argue over inflation dropping to 3.8%.#PrimeInsight pic.twitter.com/dyVQV6OAWu
— Joy Prime (@JoyPrimeTV) February 7, 2026
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