Finance Minister Dr.

Cassiel Forson has argued that despite claims of economic recovery under the previous administration, the policies in place did not align with the realities on the ground.

He accused the previous NPP administration of not painting the true picture of the economy to Ghanaians. "We felt that at a point things were improving, only for us to get in and notice the magnitude.

But I had always maintained that the government of the day at the time had failed to paint the true state of the economy," he said. "If you look at the transmissions, some of the economic policies, it doesn't reflect an economy that has turned the corner.