President John Dramani Mahama has constituted a high-level Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy (PAGE) as part of efforts to restore macroeconomic stability, strengthen fiscal sustainability and accelerate inclusive, job-rich growth.
The establishment of PAGE, announced on Thursday, January 15, 2026, underscores the government’s commitment to sound economic governance and evidence-based decision-making under the Reset Agenda.
The advisory body is expected to support the implementation of key policy initiatives, including the 24-Hour Economy and the Accelerated Export Development Programme.
In a statement signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, MP, Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications, PAGE will serve as an independent, non-partisan body providing strategic economic advice directly to the President.
Its mandate includes offering counsel on macroeconomic management, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, and coordination between fiscal and monetary policy.
The group will also advise on structural transformation, industrial development, competitiveness, export-led growth strategies, private-sector expansion, investment mobilisation and sustainable job creation.
PAGE is further tasked with supporting the design, sequencing and implementation of national productivity-enhancing reforms, conducting periodic assessments of Ghana’s economic performance, and recommending policy adjustments where necessary.
The group will also contribute expert input to Ghana’s economic negotiations and engagements with bilateral and multilateral development partners, international financial institutions and investors.
The advisory group will submit memoranda, briefs and periodic strategic reviews to the President upon request.
President Mahama will chair PAGE, with Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as a member.
Other members are Mr. Ishmael Yamson, a private sector leader; economist and private sector leader Mr. Kwame Pianim; former Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Ms. Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa; former Governor of the Bank of Ghana and former Minister for Finance, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor; industrialist Sir Samuel Esson Jonah; former World Bank Infrastructure Specialist and agribusiness investor, Mr. Ato Brown; former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Henry A. Kofi Wampah; economist and private sector leader Togbe Afede XIV; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Stock Exchange, Ms. Abena Amoah; and academics Prof. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour and Prof. Patience Aseweh Abor, PhD.
The statement said the diverse composition of PAGE reflects the President’s resolve to draw on deep national and international expertise to help navigate current economic challenges and position Ghana for sustained growth and resilience.
