Aspiring National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has rubbished remarks by the National Women's Organizer of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the steep depreciation of the cedi is as a result of black magic or vodoo.
Anita De Soso, speaking on Adom FM on Monday, February 10, attributed the free fall of the cedi to activities by magicians or jujumen, who conjure up money as part of their stock in trade.
According to her, their activities directly affect the cedi, hence the cedi's inability to catch up with the rise in the dollar rate.
Citing the operations by black marketers, who she labeled as "saboteurs", Ms De Soso claimed the juju men use dwarfs to steal the monies from banks and other financial institutions.
�Do we know where they get the money from? Do we know what they do with it? These dwarfs, the black magic, is what has made the cedi lose value,� she insisted.
But John Boadu debunked such notion and stated emphatically that the cedi depreciation does not stem from any activities of "dwarfs" but rather it's due to the poor governance by President John Dramani Mahama.
According to him, Anita Desosoo was only recently posted to NADMO so as to influence disaster-plagued victims with relief items so they vote for the NDC.
He held that President John Mahama and his government are mismanaging the economy and that is why the value of the cedi is fast dwindling.
He further opined on Oman FM that it is gradually becoming a usual trend in the NDC to always deceive the citizenry.
Citing some superstitious claims by the governing party members, John Boadu believed Ms Anita De Soso, who was recently appointed a Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), was given the position to induce natural disaster victims with goods so as to champion the course of the NDC.
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