Economist and Senior lecturer Dr. Samuel Worlanyo Mensah has observed that the current 3.8% inflation drop in January 2026 from 5.4% recorded in December 2025 is remarkable but should not be only in books.

It is good news but these are book values but the government should be able to translate this to the market value where citizens can see marginal improvement in their standard of living, he said.

Ghana’s disinflationary trend deepened in January 2026, with headline inflation easing to 3.8 percent, the lowest recorded in nearly 27 years.Ghana travel guide. For context, August 1999 recorded 1.4 percent, while September 1999 was 4.4 percent, illustrating just how rare such low inflation readings are in modern Ghanaian history.

Speaking on WakeUp Tamale, Dr. Worlanyo Mensah indicated that government should be more proactive and implement it’s flagship programmes especially in agriculture.

Government should support more people to go into commercial farming which will help stabilize the economy instead of everybody looking for government appointments or jobs.

He further stated that government should focus more on the rent and utilities sector to alleviate the plight of ordinary Ghanaians.

Now rent is very expensive and electricity and water is going up and the cost of data is also very high and these things reflect in the cost of doing business. The economic indicators are positive which is good but government should also focus on policies and programmes that bring back economic dividends.

He said the government must avoid judgement debts, unnecessary expenses and reduce the size of government machinery but most important is dealing with corruption.

By: BED