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The New Patriotic Party has reacted to government�s reaction on Dr. Bawumia�s �State of the Economy� address which was delivered last week Wednesday. According to the NPP, the lecture �left the Government�s claims of unprecedented achievements and its economic record in tatters and exposed.� The NDC has defended this statement adding that the country is better off now as compared to the era of the NPP. The NPP said instead of the NDC dealing with the substantive issues raised by Dr. Bawumia, government has resorted to insults and personal attack on the Vice presidential candidate of the NPP. Below is the full statement and a video of Dr. Bawumia's address: NPP RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT ON DR. BAWUMIA�S �STATE OF OUR ECONOMY� LECTURE Dr. Bawumia�s lecture on the state of the economy was a considered and detailed analysis of the State of Ghana�s economy based on official data. Not a single statistic can be or has been challenged. It was a lecture devoid of insults or personal attacks. Nonetheless, Dr. Bawumia�s lecture left the Government�s claims of unprecedented achievements and its economic record in tatters and exposed. While such exposure of the true facts relating to the state of the economy has no doubt caused discomfort to and incurred the displeasure of government, the response of the Ministry of Finance is unfortunately unbecoming of such an important state institution. Rather than sticking to the facts, the Ministry of Finance on behalf of Government has misrepresented the facts and continued to obfuscate and mislead rather than dealing with the substantive issues raised by Dr. Bawumia. It is important that we shield our hardworking civil servants from politics because they have to work with all governments.