The Vice Presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur, to prove him wrong by answering the 170 questions he posed on the state of Ghana’s economy.
According to Dr. Bawumia, Mr Amissah-Arthur has not been able to prove to Ghanaians his understanding of issues facing the Ghanaian economy.
He said, comprehensive answers to the questions by Amissah-Arthur would have cleared the doubts of Ghanaians on who understands issues on Ghana’s economy better and can best address them.
Dr. Bawumia at a public address on the state of Ghana’s economy earlier this year, challenged Mr. Amissah-Arthur to respond to some questions and claims he made about the country’s economy.
Addressing the Gbawaa College of Education’s chapter of the Tertiary Education Students Confederacy (TESCON) at Pusiga on a two-day campaign tour of the Upper East Region, Dr. Bawumia said gross economic mismanagement by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) was to blame for the hardships in Ghana.
“The extent of mismanagement and the lack of understanding of this economy, when I presented the statement of the economy, the NDC said I was lying so I presented that with 170 statements of facts and I said true or false; Discuss.”
“The vice president Kwesi Amissah Arthur and the economic management team went into hiding, they said they will answer at the right time and now they say these are not questions. I [Bawumia] challenge the vice president Amissah Arthur, prove your words as an economist, and address these 170 statements one by one, true or false.”
“Analytically present your data, I want to see your data in answering these questions that is all; and prove yourself as an economist. We have to be serious about mismanagement of this economy”
Dr. Bawumia said the NDC government in spite of the high borrowing and discovery of oil, cannot sustain the social intervention programmes the NPP initiated under the erstwhile President John Kufour.
“The NDC government cannot pay the National health insurance, free maternal health, teacher and nursing trainees allowance, feeding grants, school feeding, contractors, youth employment among others so where is the money? Every major social intervention they say there is no money; but somehow magically the money appears when it is time for create, loot and share. There is money only when it’s time for SADA, GEEDA, WOYOME, KARPOWER, SUBAH, AMERI POWER and every corrupt deal there is money for it”.
Dr. Bawumia appealed to the electorates to vote massively for the NPP to turn the fortunes of Ghana around for jobs and economic prosperity.
He paid a courtesy call on the chiefs of Tempane, Pusiga and Binduri and addressed mini rallies.
Source: citifmonline.com
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Mr veep come answer those questions to shame us, if u cant then forever remain mute cos NDC wont let u contest as their flagbearer for 2020...... change is coming like kakai
Yes the small elephant is boasting of credentials cos he knows what he is saying, Tel paa Akwasi to just answer even 20 of those 170 questions to prove his economist background, I killed his personal assistant so now that u know who killed him come and arrest me. cheap talk always
This is typical NDC, dodging the question. The "small elephant" is saying "big mouth" NDC Pkee must address the issues he raised with facts and stop behaving like a footsoldier & serial caller!!! The 'small elephant" has spared John Ford Mahama the ordeal because he's not an econonomist. But Pkee is, and he should stop hiding and saying different things at different places like "I have answered them", "they are not questions", "a friend at Legon asked me not to answer". NDC, get serious for once and talk issues.
Even mr ***barred word*** HUGE mouth is veep why not handsome Alhaji Dr. Bawumia? Insha Allah he will come 2017
Yes come let's hear from you mr. HUGE MOUTH SIMPA PANYIN AMISSAH A. Well all I know is we won't give you chalk (vote) today or tomorrow like your unintelligent wife. GHANA ARISE FOR CHANGE SO GHANA CAN WORK AGAIN.
Amissah Arthur pack yourself, we need competent n intelligent people like Bawumia to run this ailing economy... Amissah A. is just a pet to the NDC, a deceit to use central n western region. we say never again to NDC. change is coming
C0rruption has eroded all the economics Amissah Arthur knows.... He is now the house boy to the c0rrupt John Mahama at the Jubilee house.... John Mahama's wife is the unofficial vice....
What the f.u.c.k in ur life do u know?
Look at small elephant boasting of credentials. Bawumia should ***barred word*** and tell us who killed his special assistant?