A leading member of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC), Isaac Adongo has challenged Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to a debate on the country’s economy.
According to the Bolgatanga Central MP, “face to face” interaction would afford Ghanaians the chance to assess figures being churned out by the government on the country’s economy.
Speaking at a forum organised by the Coalition for Restoration -- under the theme ‘Assessing the three-year reign of President Akufo-Addo’-- at Labone in Accra, Mr. Adongo said he would resign from politics forever if the vociferous Veep is able to defend the government’s picture of the economy.
He said the challenge was to ensure Dr. Bawumia does not “hide on a separate platform to produce his own data” after the Vice President himself asked the NDC to challenge him with counter figures.
“I want to meet him face to face and ask him to defend these numbers in the full glare of Ghanaians. If they are able to find any magic to dispute the cooking they are doing, I will resign from politics for good,” the Parliamentarian said amid applause from NDC faithful who thronged the forum.
Speaking at a maiden Town Hall meeting in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Dr. Bawumia painted a glossy picture of the economy under the three-year watch of the NPP government.
He reiterated previous assertions that the NPP has performed better than the erstwhile government led by John Mahama and the NDC.
But challenging the Vice President, Dr. Adongo said the government only arrived at the appealing figures on the economy after “cooking” them.
He iterated that the primary balance which the government has touted as being in surplus for the first time in three years is false.
He also said the Economic Management Team massaged the figures by excluding some $15 billion from the government’s expenditure adding "if that amount is added before calculating the primary balance, the figure would stand around 3.5 percent."
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Let me borrow maham's ideology "You have not been a president before to advice me" Adongo all who ever u call yourself, u hv never been a vice president before so why should the vice president Dr Bawumia debate u
Monkeys play by sizes aaaaa Adongo? Mthweeew
Hmmm Adongo
who has time debate you on economy, tell us what you can do to grow it beyond the 7%, how you will reduce debt to GDP ratio and stabilize the cedi to the other foreign currencies. THAT'S ALL!!!! Don't waste our time and ears.
Adongo ,dont mind all your distractions,go n call the veep for the debate.u are brilliant. Let the veep contest if he knows he can challenge u.this the moment to expose the veep.go Adongo,go Adongo
Sorry guys! Please find out more about him. His record at Tamasco is there for all to see. A Harvard trained, worked with World Bank and others.
MR ADONGO PLS DONT BOTHER YOURSELF, FOR WE ALL KNOW BAWUMIA IS A MASTER OF ECONOMICS THEORIES. FOR PRACTICALS DONT GO THERE. IN FACT IF THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES, THEN I CAN BE A VP AND HEAD OF ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT TEAM. IF YOU PUSH ME, I CAN CHALLENGE BAWUMIA ON ECONOMICS THEORIES SINCE THAT IS WHAT HE IS GOOD AT. MR ADONGO DESCENDING GHANAIANS KNOWS YOUR WORTH.
Go do your research and come and counter what Bawumia has presented. When you were given a major forum, you did name-calling and unnecessary insults
Why should the VP debate with you? you want to catch the eye of your Presidential Candidate I am sorry you have missed it. How many publications do you have on Economic related issues? What is your track record? Have been head of any department before at even a Second Cycle Institution before? Go away you dog eater. Wu wu wu wu.
hahahahahahaha this ediot is seeking for attention, we beg bewumia is not your size the man is an international acclaimed economics and not your propaganda style