Mahama Reacts To Bawumia’s Ghana’s Next Chapter Lecture

Former President  and the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. John Dramani Mahama says Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia cannot exonerate himself from the “mess” of the Akufo-Addo-led government.

According to him, Dr Bawumia who is now the flag bearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Election 2024, was part of every decision President Akufo-Addo took and therefore cannot say he is not part of the government’s “failures”.

For him, Vice President Bawumia took part in all the cabinet decisions of the government, hence must equally take responsibility for both the good and bad side of the government.

“You know the situation that this economy is in. Now all those who contributed to the mess are trying to run away as if they were not part of it. People have begun saying they were not in charge, they were not listening to them and all that.

“All of them ‘de inside’, Jack Toronto and all his brothers, all of them are part of the mess we are going through. None of them can escape responsibility because they all sat in a cabinet together. Anytime they were going to borrow from the Eurobond market they approved it in the cabinet,” the NDC flagbearer said at a town hall meeting in Tamale on Thursday, February 8.

He added “In six years you borrowed $30.5 billion and you did nothing with it so today you can’t come and tell us you were not part of it. All of them are part of the messin’ when we find ourselves and Ghanains are going to send them packing for the hardships that they have inflicted on us, for the debt that they have swallowed us in. They miss go home and learning their lessons, NDC is coming back winning this election, we have the men and women that are going to restore this country’s economy and finances to healthy conditions.

Although he did not mention Dr Bawumia’s name, his comments come at a time that the head of the Economic Management Team (EMT) had said that the EMT does not have decision-making powers.

Dr Bawumia said they only advise the cabinet. As head of the EMT, he had been blamed for the economic challenges that Ghana is facing.

But delivering his address at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Wedmesdsy Febraury 7, Dr Bawumia, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)., said “Thankfully, I was appointed as chair of the EMT, as a sub-committee to Cabinet we do not have decision-making powers but I am very proud of the quality of advice we have been providing over the years to Cainet. as vice president I was asked by the president to assist in solving the problems that were inhibiting the economy. my approach was to help formalize the economy through digitalization as stated in our 2016 manifesto.”

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia further said that the flak that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) received for supporting the government during the economic crisis was unnecessary.

He says the central bank was responsible enough to put the interest of Ghanaians ahead by deciding to support the government in dealing with the crisis.

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