John Dramani Mahama, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate, to address pressing economic issues in Ghana instead of diverting attention with “useless” questions.
At a rally in the Savelugu Constituency on Wednesday, former President John Mahama criticized Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for responding to his initial economic questions with a list of 50 counter-questions.
“I woke up this morning and saw 50 questions from him. It looks like our Vice President has just memorised these things like we used to learn poems in primary school”.
Dr. Bawumia’s response follows Mahama’s earlier five economic queries.
“I asked you five simple questions that Ghanaians want you to answer, and instead, you respond with, ‘How many compost plants did you build?’ That’s not the issue in Ghana today” Mahama said.
Mahama initially challenged Dr. Bawumia to tackle key economic issues, posing questions such as:
1.Why is the exchange rate now GH¢17 to the dollar?
2.Why has Ghana’s debt increased from GH¢120 billion to GH¢767 billion in the past eight years?
3.Why has inflation risen to 54% under the current administration?
4.Why has the government borrowed GH¢42 billion from the Bank of Ghana?
5.Why he is running away from the economy and focusing on digitalisation?.
To highlight the importance of economic issues by drawing a comparison to the 1992 U.S. election, referencing the well-known slogan from the Clinton campaign, “It’s the economy, stupid!” He stated, “I am repeating those words. This election is about the economy, Stupid. It is not about all those useless things like who built how many compost plants”.
