There was a heated debate on Metro TV's Good Morning Ghana, when the host, Randy Abbey, engaged Gideon Boako, Spokesperson for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, over the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government's claims of creating 1.4 million jobs, touted as an unprecedented achievement in Ghana's history. Randy Abbey sought clarification on how it is possible for the government to have created 1.4 million new jobs in the public sector and another 900,000 in the private sector, yet SSNIT has only 1.2 million active members. "You mentioned that 2.3 million jobs have been created, with 1.4 million in the public sector. However, the Controller and Accountant-General recently appeared before Parliament and reported that there are 760,000 persons on the government payroll. Additionally, SSNIT has an active membership of 1.2 million.