The office of Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has denied accusations that he; then running mate of the NPP, promised not to borrow when his party comes into office.
The Minority has described as shameful, Dr Bawumia’s new position on borrowing.
Deputy Minority Leader, James Klutse Avedzi said: “It is shameful for Bawumia to say in the past that we don’t need to borrow because we have all the resources here and now saying that we need to borrow and borrow responsibly, that is the problem I have with him. He knows that what he said when he was in opposition as a running mate was meant to deceive the people of Ghana so that he can get the votes, he’s got it now and he is now telling the people that he will borrow.”
However, Dr. Bawumia’s office, in a statement, challenged the Deputy Minority Leader, James Klutse Avedzi, to prove that the Vice President made such a statement.
Read full statement below
Argue on Facts and Not Fabrications
The Office of the Vice President’s attention has been drawn to a statement (on Citi FM on August 16, 2017) attributed to the Deputy Minority Leader, Hon James Klutse Avedzi, accusing the Vice President of doing a U-turn on the issue of borrowing by government. Specifically, the deputy minority leader is reported to have stated that:
“The Vice President . . . while he was the running mate for the NPP was emphatic on the issue about borrowing in Ghana saying that the country need not borrow and that we have the resources here in Ghana and that when they win power they will not borrow”.
The Office of the Vice President would like to state for the record that the above statement attributed to the Vice-President by the deputy minority leader (and subsequently by many NDC communicators) is a complete and utter fabrication. The Vice President’s speeches, lectures and statements on the economy over the years are a matter of public record.
We are therefore challenging the deputy minority leader (and the other NDC communicators) to immediately provide the evidence to back up their claim. They cannot provide any such evidence because the Vice-President has never made such a statement.
To deliberately fabricate statements in an attempt to attack your political opponent is an exercise in desperation and intellectual dishonesty. As politicians, it is important that we elevate the discourse and argue based on facts and not on fabrications and outright lies.
Our advice to them is to go back and take the time to READ the Vice President’s lectures as well as speeches and try to criticize based on the statements contained therein. Ghana deserves much better.
…..Signed……
Frank Agyei-Twum
Director of Communications
Office of the Vice-President
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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This Veep has no shame. He continue speaking. We all heard and saw what happened during the campaign. Please, save us this noise!
Ndc must come with the evidence. Thank you Dr.Bawumia for the clarification. Ndc are incompetent and liars
Efo James Klutse Avedzi :'mie3 dwormu h3'. Bring the evidence of that accession to the discerning Ghanaian. Guys like you are not fit for mentoring. I feel ashame to come from your home region. True true you cannot read or can't comprehend. What a shame . You should be different from the rest. NO COUNTRY DEVELOPS WITHOUT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. THUS EQUATED TO LOANS GENERALLY. BUT BORROWING AND USING PROCEEDS TO PAY AQUIRED LOANS OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHOUT PUTTING IT INTO PRODUCTION IS UNBRIDAL. IT END UP AGRAVATING SITUATION ECONOMICALLY AND SENSELESSLY. THAT WAS THE IMP[ORT MR. MP. CHECK HOW MUCH WAS BEING SPENT ON THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL MANSION. DOES IT MAKE SENCE TO YOU? WE WAIT ON YOU MR. DUDE.
Why do these NDC people keep saying that NPP deceived Ghanaians, do they think Ghanaians do not have brains in their heads? Or they think that they are the only intelligent people in Ghana! They better stop insulting us.
hmmm...npp paaa....cant wait till 2020
IS IT A PROBLEM TO PROVIDE THE PROOF? WHY HAS THE ARGUMENT NOW SHIFTED TO HE BEING A GENIUS?? HE SAID NDC'S PROFLIGATE BORROWING HAD NO PHYSICAL CORRELATION ON THE GROUND....AND IT IS TRUE. BEING A GENIUS DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE GOD. WHEN HE FINISHES SORTING OUT YOUR ECONOMIC MESS, YOU'LL THEN SEE THE GENIUS IN HIM....SKIN PAIN!!!
Mark it on the wall. Bawumia will soon collapse the economy of Ghana. Using the skill of statistical data to whitewash the state of the economy is not an art of being genius.
Does this guy think we are ***barred word***? If you incessantly criticize a person's actions, what does that say about you? It simply means you think that person's actions are not the best and you when given the opportunity will do different. Plain and simple. We were told he is a genius, he is proving to be a real genius at lies, he horned those skills in opposition and is perfecting it in government.
borromai again,you are eating back your own words, time will tell npp true motives
is this all this so called Genius and economic magician can offer us.Npp and you personally told ghanaians you will change the economy and we all know that borrowing is not the answer we cannot depend on others to finance our development it never works,we now understand all you npp folks told ghanaians were lies.you cannot talk yourself out of your incompitence