Claims that Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was preparing to respond to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's 'state of Ghana's economy' at the National Theatre on Thursday September 15, 2016, has been refuted by leading government officials.
The revelation comes after an announcement was circulated on various social media platforms that the vice president cancelled his planned Public Lecture which was expected to be a response to an earlier lecture delivered by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, a running mate to Nana Akufo Addo on the economy.
In the said announcement which flooded various social media platforms, Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) and former Presidential Advisor, Ato Ahwoi was supposedly expected to chair the Public Lecture.
But the said report has been invalidated by government spokespersons.
James Agyenim-Boateng, a Special Aide to the Vice President, first indicted Peacefmonline for "falling for the NPP's propaganda".
"The Vice-President has no public lecture planned," he simply told the Editor.
Deputy Spokesperson for the NDC's 2016 Campaign Team, Felix Kwakye Ofosu followed suit with a WhatsApp message asserting that the Vice-President's twitter account was "cloned" by the NPP.
"...the story about the Veep and a lecture is FALSE. I see that Peacefmonline has fallen for the NPP's dirty propaganda. No such event was EVER planned. They cloned his Twitter account and put out that lie," he revealed.
Peacefmonline.com is reliably informed that a tweet from the Vice-President’s twitter handle attributing the cancellation of the public lecture to the light rains experienced in Accra Thursday morning, was a hoax.
“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 malicious tweet indicated.
On Sunday, Vice-President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur gave the strongest indication that he was arming himself to respond to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who 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.”
But deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Mr. Koku Anyidoho says the Vice President will not waste his time on someone who lacks credibility and has failed to provide the remaining 90 percent evidence over claims that the register was bloated with foreign names.
''That is not true. I ran my checks yesterday and the flyer is a hoax. The Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur will not respond to Bawumia. Bawumia has a lot of question mark(s) on his credibility, and so i don't think the Vice President will respond to someone who has a question mark on his credibility. Bawumia has a lot to do in terms of redeeming his image...Bawumia didn't hold a lecture, it was an event to churn out false figures.''
Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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Koku Anyidoho, it is because of people like you that Ghana is in a reverse gear. I don't even know your worth in the country, except seeking attention.
I am now convinced that I have done the right thing in abandoning NDC and begging NPP to forgive me for my ***barred word*** and joining NDC. I was suffering from popo-blibli. My eyes are now open and I am fully for Nana Addo.
Oh NDC. THis govt is clearly not serious. What is wrong with them?
Eiiii NDC, you say the man is telling liee, tell us the truth too ebi matter.what king of gov is this
***barred word*** ***barred word*** VP has no time to sit down to write a rebuttal to Bawumia's lecture. Akwasi Ammisah Authur never got any position through hard work. He has always been shepherd by godfathers from the Rawlings era. He does not have any enviable track record that he can mount the podium and shout about.When he was made the governor of Bank of Ghana he got that post simply because of loyalty to the NDC and not because he was the best among his peers. So I am telling you for free that Amissah Authur can never come out with any convincing rebuttal to Bawumia. Mark it on the wall.
Running away nobody TAARR N) D). I thought you guys have response to the issues Bawumia raised? Now you are chickening out? You guys have lived your own lies and have pretended to believe in your lies and still living in self denial. If Bawumia told lies, tell ua the truth and prove your case. Your time is indeed up!
My ribs, can't help laughing out loud. Agyei what is this . Very funny party, can't NDC see that their reign has come to an end. NPP is winning this election because they are trusted by the majority of Ghanaians on the economy. NDC lies has caught up with them. I rest my case
Oh false figures! Give us your real ones. Yeye man Cant wait to see the back of you guys in Nsawam prison