The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama has slammed Vice President Dr. Muhammad Bawumia for what he describes as a useless attempt to divert attention
According to the former President, what is bothering Ghanaians today is the untold hardship and why Dr Mahamadu Bawumia who was was falsely packaged as an economic guru must answer, the critical questions about what brought Ghana this far and not as he put it in the parlance of American politics, ‘stupid’ responses.
John Mahama who was addressing a mini durbar at Savelugu as part of his tour of the Northern region raise rates his demand for answers to the five questions on why the economy has been run aground, with exchange rate hitting a record high of GH¢17 to a dollar ($1), Why the Central Bank incurred losses of over GH¢62 billion after government borrowed over GH¢42billion
from the Bank of Ghana.
John Mahama is also seeking answers to why Ghana’s inflation sky rocketed to 54% , what accounted to Ghana’s public debt which has sky-rocketed to over 740 billion cedis, about 80% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) compared to from 120 billion cedis as of December 2016, and most of all, why Dr Bawumia has stopped talking about the economy.
Dr Bawumia has come under criticism for rather responding with 50 question to John Mahama which included why nursing and teaching traininee allowances were cancelled and hospitals the Nana Addo government is constructing.
But John Mahama in a sharp rebuttal is again asking the Vice President to simply answer the questions if he admits the economy hasn’t been destroyed.
“I asked you 5 simple questions on the economy that’s all. You go and respond with how many cost plants did you build etc. that is not what the issue is in Ghana today” he said
Referencing the 1992 elections in Ghana, John Mahama cited Clinton who said that election was about the Economy ‘stupid’.
“Today I am repeating those words. This election is about the economy stupid, answer the five simple questions” he emphasized
John Mahama said Dr Bawumia’s call for a debate to answer the equations is unfounded if he has solutions to them.
“You don’t need a debate to answer the 5 questions. When you asked Amissah Arthur the 170 questions you did not agree to a debate for him to go and answer them”. he teased
