Opinions

It is with immense pride and heartfelt joy that we extend our warmest congratulations on your historic appointment as the first Chancellor of the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC), Accra, Ghana.

For years, the rhythm of life in Damang, a vibrant community in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality of Ghana's Western Region, was measured not by the rising sun, but by the weight of a yellow jerrycan.

The question history is quietly asking History does not rush. It rarely applauds a government, a boardroom or a generation on the day a decision is made. It waits to see whether today's celebrated choice becomes tomorrow's triumph or tomorrow's regret, asking a question no election result or quarterly report can answer honestly.

 A couple of weeks ago, the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), the state entity set up by the Government of Ghana to manage the country’s mineral wealth through royalty collection and investment, published its audited financial performance for 2025, and the results are nothing but impressive demonstration of financial resilience by a state institution in recent times.

More than forty-five years ago, at the beginning of my professional life, an older and wiser man gave me a piece of advice that has remained with me ever since.

Every macroeconomic target set in the November 2025 Budget is being met or beaten at the half-year mark. The credibility question has been answered; capital execution is now the only real test left.