The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo pooh-poohed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's address to the nation on the economy.
According to him, "If you listen to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, very characteristic of him, he did not make any serious intellectual conversation… You will know for sure that this is someone struggling.”
Dr Bawumia, speaking at a forum organised by TESCON in collaboration with the Danquah Institute at the Pentecost Conference Centre at the Millennium City in Kasoa in the Central Region, Thursday, 7 April 2022, blamed the current economic hardship on the coronavirus pandemic and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
“The increase in commodity prices has been exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russia and Ukraine together account for 30 percent of the global wheat export. The longer the conflict the greater will be the disruptions to global food supply. The conflict is also likely to slow global growth.
“According to the AfDB the price of wheat has shot up by 62 percent since the war began. The price of fertilizer is up by 300 percent, and the price of maize is up by 36 percent. Here in Ghana, 60 percent of our total imports of iron ore and steel are from Ukraine. Russia accounts for some 30 percent of Ghana’s imported grains, 50 percent of flour and 39 percent of fertilizer. So we are directly affected by the Russia-Ukraine war. Unfortunately, we do not know when it will be over,” he added.
However, Isaac Adongo speaking in an interview on Citi Eyewitness News asked Bawumia "When was the last time you ate any food prepared from wheat?"
“This is a man who says that the main reason why food prices are up is that Ghana imports 30 percent of its wheat requirements from Ukraine. When was the last time you ate any food prepared from wheat? Is wheat our staple food in Ghana? In one breath you say your Planting for Food and Jobs is so buoyant and so successful that there is an abundance of food, yet you claim 30 percent wheat is enough to create food inflation in Ghana. Quite clearly, you can tell there is a problem" he said.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Is NDC a party that ever ruled Ghana? No wonder Ghana was what it was during that time! Their thinking is FAR TOO LOW! Do they know that bread is made from wheat? What a party!
Now we know the knowledge level of Adongo. I thought he would know that bread is made from wheat.
Can someone please tell Adongo that bread which is consumed in most homes daily is made from flour which is a product of wheat.
All-purpose flour, also known as white flour, is usually made from a mix of hard and soft wheat, to achieve the ideal protein content (figure, 10 to 12 percent, but it varies by brand). The bran (exterior of the wheat kernel) and germ (part of the inner seed) are removed, leaving only the endosperm.
Is Adongo insinuating that Bawumia is allergic to anything made from flour? Why??? Ado go why???
Too much pitoo and dog meat has damaged Adongo's brains.He is a disgrace to the NDC party.
Lool its amazing how the only serious reaction we could get from the minority party after the intellectual challenge has been thrown to them by the well presented issues on the economy , is when was the last time he ate food made from wheat. Is that how hollow our minority can be. Can't you get up and debate the man on intellectual level point by point by the issues raised. Wow. All this while you were throwing propaganda in the air and now that the facts have confronted you , you are now playing on the sides. Next time nania ma
NDC doesn't still see the link between anything. Did he eat bread prepared from wheat?
Doesn't Adongo know that flour for bread, boflot and many more food products come from wheat?
is that all you could say about the address delivered. Is anything said there yesterday a lie from the Vice President? Please give us a break NDC for we are trusting the NPP government to work us out of the difficulties being encountered by all. The NDC took over a debt stock of about $9 BILLION in 2009 but left a debt stock of $120 Billion in 2017. What is the percentage increase so why wouldn't the current government be using almost all revenue to be debt financing. Then they turn around and blame the government of mismanaging the economy. They still think Ghanaians have short memories. Na lie!!!