A Deputy Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused former President John Mahama of peddling falsehoods about the economy.

Ernest Owusu Bempah says Mr. Mahama has been exposed as he admits to a global economic meltdown that has swept across many parts of the world including Africa.

In an exclusive interview with Hayde Adams on the popular 'Straight Talk Africa' on VOA News, Mr. Mahama admitted that indeed the global economy is in a recession.

“I think that it’s a period of adversity for the whole world because it’s triggering a kind of global recession” the former President said.

The 2020 presidential candidate of the opposition NDC has been on record to have accused the Akufo-Addo administration of mismanaging the economy, hence its challenges.

Mr. Mahama has rejected the arguments by government’s functionaries that the twin catastrophic events of COVID-19 and the Russian/Ukrainian are to blame for the economic challenges facing Ghanaians.

Ernest Owusu-Bempah, reacting to the comment said, “John Mahama, has been exposed big time. Clearly, as we have always emphasised and even the IMF Boss recently reiterated, our challenges are not home-brewed but largely due to COVID-19 and the Russia/Ukraine war, a fact John Mahama has been rejecting all this while.

"His interview with the VOA is a testament to the fact that indeed the challenges we are facing are attributable to the deadly coronavirus pandemic and the never-ending Russian/Ukrainian conflict,” Mr Owusu-Bempah said.