Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, running mate of New Patriotic Party flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo, has stated that if President Mahama were his student he would have graded him F in economics.
He said the NDC government has since 2009 failed in its management of the economy.
“You inherited an economy with the highest resources in the history of Ghana. Tax resources, four times higher than the NPP; Cocoa, three times higher; Gold, three times higher; you have borrowed more than all the governments put together and still we can’t feel a better economy, then you have failed. Mahama deserves F in economic management,” Bawumia asserted.
Speaking in an interview with Nsempawura on a Koforidua-based Eastern FM, the former Deputy Governor said for instance, the NDC government inherited a total debt of GHC 9.5 billion in 2009 and has increased it to GHC 90 billion within six years.
By the end of the year, Ghana’s debt will hit about US$ 40 billion looking at the current borrowing trend, he predicted.
With the sum of US$ 40 billion, he said, a good management team will allocate just US$ 2 billion to each region for development but the contrary is happening under the NDC government.
In economic management, every government with such an amount of money should be able to pay nurses, teachers, doctors, NHIS, and take care of all the social intervention programmes in Ghana, Dr. Bawumia analysed.
According to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, President Mahama and the NDC government can best be described as a “toxic mixture of incompetent and corruption which has exploded into ‘Wahala’ and Suffering”.
He feared for the future of the Ghanaian youth under the NDC administration, and challenged the youth to join the NPP to recapture power from the NDC in the 2016 General elections.
Meanwhile, the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to resist politicians who inflame ethnic sentiment in the run up to the general elections.
He accused the NDC of inflaming ethnic comment in the Eastern region and other parts of the country to gain political favor.
He said, the Eastern Region and Ghana has a mixture of all tribes and have lived together over the year’s without clashes or misunderstanding hence the NDC should not destabilize the country by promoting ethnic propaganda
The NPP flagbearer noted that, he is not corrupt and has never stolen the state money before hence he is the best person Ghanaians should trust to manage the affairs of this country.
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