The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has called on the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, to pay closer attention to the microeconomic impact of government policies, ensuring that ordinary Ghanaians benefit from the country’s stabilizing economy.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Thursday, February 26, Mr. Vanderpuye noted that although macroeconomic indicators appear to be improving, more targeted efforts are needed to ease the burden on small-scale traders and workers in the informal sector
He urged the Finance Minister to remain consistent with his current policy direction while prioritising interventions that directly improve livelihoods at the grassroots level.
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“Ato Forson should stay focused, stay in the same lane, and move at the same pace he is moving. I would, however, want him to look at certain little things we have to do now, since the economy is stabilised and on the right path, to ease the pressure on the ordinary roadside trader and others, so that everybody will feel the impact.
“Then some of us who are engaged in the public sector will also feel it during our visits to the markets and the rest,” he stated.
According to him, while macroeconomic indicators may be trending positively, the true measure of recovery lies in its effect on everyday living conditions.
“The macro indicators are good. What is left is the micro. Let’s see how we can put the micro in shape so that people will see a difference,” he added.
