The Vice President and flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has questioned the track record of John Mahama in dealing with basic societal problems during his time as Vice President and President.
Addressing huge supporters in Tamale during his homecoming tour of the northern part of the country, Dr. Bawumia, who will face off with John Mahama after being elected flagbearer of the NPP, said the former President belongs to the past while he belongs to the future.
He stressed that former President Mahama lacks transformational ideas to move the country forward saying there is no transformative policy he introduced to solve problems during his regime.
"Between the two of us, only one of us has been President before. That is John Mahama. He was President before. I have only been Vice President. I have not been President before," Dr Bawumia said.
"He had no solutions to our problems when he was President. When we were suffering under his Presidency, he told us he was a dead goat. A dead goat who had no feelings. Today he wants to resurrect and become a live goat."
Dr. Bawumia said, suddenly, Mahama is going round pretending he has all solutions to Ghana's problems but asked which societal problems did he resolve when he was Preaident?
"What solutions did he bring to Ghana? Did he solve the unemployment programme? Did he create jobs? Did he tackle corruption? Did he issue Ghana cards? Did he build astro turfs? Did he abolish the three months pay policy for teachers? Did he establish Free SHS?," Dr. Bawumia asked.
Dr. Bawumia added that even though he has not become President yet, as Vice President, he has brought and championed ideas which have brought solutions to many of Ghana's age-long problems and which are required to transform a country.
"We did not have a unique identity so I championed the government's policy for the Ghanacard. Today we have 17 million people issued with tje Ghanacard.
"Today, because of my proposal , we have no guarantor for student loan if you have a Ghanacard. Today Ghana has a digital property address system because we had a problem of no functional address. Before you could not transfer money between one teleco to another. But today, because of mobile money interoperability, you can transfer money Vodafone to mtn, to airtle tigo."
"Before, you could not transfer money between a bank account and a mobile account. Today you can do that. Today, you can renew the National Health Insurance on your mobile phone. Today, you can sit at home and buy electricity credit on your mobile phone. Today we have brought zipline drones and they are delivering medicines to 2700 hospitals and clinics across the country.
"Today, we have one constituency, one ambulance. And another idea I brought is Agenda 111. We are building hospitals in districts without hospitals. Another idea brought Zongo Development Fund and Gold for Oil policy. Today you can aquire drivers license and passport online. Today you can file your taxes online."
"We have brought ideas to the table. Ideas is what transform a nation. And you can see as Vice President, what ideas I have brought to the table, which are needed to transform a nation, especially in this era of Fpurth Industrial Revolution."
"What ideas did John Mahama. Can you remember one idea John Mahama brought? Just one! Can you remember? Is it the Guinea fowl flying to Burkina Faso?"
"I am the future, John Mahama is the past," Dr. Bawumia said to wild cheers from the enthusiastic supporters.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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