In what can best be described as a shocking twist, the Vice-President, H.E. Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has cancelled his planned Public Lecture which was expected to be a response to the Lecture delivered last week by NPP Running Mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
In a supposed tweet from the Vice-President’s twitter handle, the cancellation was blamed on the light rains in Accra this morning. “Due to the Rains this morning we have decided to call off my Public Lecture. A new date will be communicated in the coming weeks”, the tweet said.
The Lecture, was advertised under the theme – “Ghana’s Economy – Separating Truth from Fiction”.
An announcement of the event, which was put out first on social media, indicates that Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) and former Presidential Advisor, Ato Ahwoi will be the Chairman for the Public Lecture which was also scheduled for the National Theatre, the same venue for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s Lecture last week.
The event which would have come off exactly a week after Dr. Bawumia’s Lecture titled – "The State of the Ghanaian Economy – a foundation of concrete or straw"; was advertised to kick off at 1pm.
The Vice-President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Sunday gave the strongest indication that he was arming himself to respond to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who on Thursday, chronicled a tall list of issues backed with empirical data to show that President John Mahama’s government had been the worst government for Ghana’s economy.
Speaking at an NDC rally in Ashaiman, the Vice-President stated “at the appropriate time, we shall respond in full measure to all the lies that have been told; at the appropriate time, we shall correct him and teach him the things that he doesn’t know but thinks he knows.”
Reporters who visited the venue of the Lecture saw an empty hall with virtually no officials present aside a few persons clad in NDC paraphernalia.
The Lecture was widely advertised on pro-government and NDC social media accounts and which was confirmed on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo programme by Communications Specialist at the Presidency, Sam George on Wednesday, who insisted that the Vice President was not just going to respond to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia but to set the records straight on the performance of the economy after he was queried by NPP MP for Bantama, Kwabena Kokofu.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Anim guasei nfata okani ba
Nobody in NDC is sensible than Bawumia ,just one lecture u are running away ***barred word*** back arise for change
WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT DR. BAWUMIAH'S LECTURE? 1. WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE GHANA'S ECONOMY? 2. HOW MUCH IS THE GHANA'S DEBT. 3. HOW MUCH IS THE COST OF SOME PROJECTS THAT DR. BAWUMIAH MENTIONED. PERIOD!!!!
Running away nobody taa nodo
Hahahaaa the vize president cannot much Bawumia hence blaiming rain in other to run for cover.shame shame shaaaame.
Dr Alhaji Prophet Mahmmoud Bawumia pls come for ur stones..infact come for your stones..cos its a lot. u can use it for concrete pillar. It rained at dawn and then drizzled this morning so what is the VEEP talking about? is he mad?..? was the lecture at Obra spot which doesn't have a roof...I know the venue is not only roofed but Ac'd so what is this ***barred word*** of a veep talking about?
Trumuhene Amissah, hahahahaha. You have failed.
Massa; frankly if it was you facing this disgrace in front of Ghanaians on the matter of economic cesspit in Ghana today would you turn up at the seminar when you have already been rattled by Bawumia's speeches besides the IMF would be keen to listen into what Amissah -Arhur would say on the theme call 'facts and fiction' because what he says could be used against the NDC economic team when next they go with their begging bowls to the IMF or the World Bank ; this is real trcky for the NDC because they are just DISHONEST PEOPLE !!!!!!!
Vice does not have the vim to counter Bawumia.For the where ?
The umbrella people are in trouble, while the people of Ghana are wondering. Just some few minutes of showers of rain and the second biggest person within the family of the umbrella people could not bring out his Hugh umbrella to protect himself? What would be his effect when he continues to protect our INFLATION, GDP, or the exchange rate. Ghana is in BIG BIG trouble. I tell you no lie.