Vote President Mahama out-Dr. Bawumia to Ghanaians

The vice presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamudu has asked Ghanaians to reject President Mahama’s second term bid because he has failed.

He argued that President Mahama has performed worse than late President Mills, adding that things will even get worse if he (Mahama) is retained.

Dr. Bawumia who was delivering a lecture in Accra under the theme “The State of the Ghanaian Economy – A Foundation of Concrete or Straw,” said there is no sign that President Mahama will be able to turn the economy around if he is given another term.

“It will get worse if Ghanaians give John Mahama another 4 years because NDC in 8 years have not only taken Ghana backwards, worse still, John Mahama, in the last four years as President, has performed worse than the late John Mills did and things will just get worse because there is no sign of him being able to gather the moral courage to fight corruption, become suddenly competent in running the economy and show the needed sensitivity and compassion towards the plight of the Ghanaian people and businesses,” he said.

Dr. Bawumia accused President Mahama’s administration of mismanaging the country resulting to weakening of the economy.

He noted that President Mahama’s “brighter days are ahead” message to Ghanaians every year since 2012 has rather brought dark days with dumsor, unemployment, high taxes and high cost of living.

Comparing NPP’s 8 years in office to NDC, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia indicated that the NPP government led by ex-president John Agyekum Kufour did massive infrastructural projects and introduced several social intervention programmes with the little resources at his disposal than what NDC administration had done with huge taxes and loans it has collected over the last 8 years.

“A key difference between NPP and NDC however is that the impact of the NPP’s infrastructure investment along with structural reforms and prudent economic policies was felt positively in the economy with: a significant increase in GDP growth from 3.7% to 9.1% without oil, Reduction in corporate taxes to boost business growth , a massive improvement in cocoa production, the National Youth Employment Programme –providing opportunities and jobs for the youth to get a start in the job market, the School Feeding Programme to provide food to pupils in basic schools a Capitation Grant to make education affordable and accessible and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to provide accessible healthcare to the population,” Bawumia explained.

Responding to President Mahama’s claim of laying a strong foundation for his transformation agenda, Dr. Bawumia who described it as laughable, said the much talked about “strong foundation” had been nothing but a straw.

“Is it DUMSOR? Is it the declining real GDP growth? Is it the declining agriculture and manufacturing output? Is it the high unemployment? Is it the high taxes on businesses? Is it the high electricity and water tariffs? Is it the rising cost of living? Is it the massively depreciated exchange rate? Is it the increasing financial sector fragility? Is it the rising interest rates? Is it the massive debt accumulation or leaving Ghana as a country at High Risk of Debt Distress? Is it the declining business confidence? Is it the declining consumer confidence? Is it the high import duties? Is it the arrears to contractors and other service providers? Is it the erosion of policy credibility of this Government? Is it the incompetence in economic management? Is it the prospect of civil service retrenchment in 2017? Is it the return of cash and carry under NHIS? Is it the cancellation of teacher and nursing training allowances? Is it the IMF Bailout? Is it the downgraded B (with a negative outlook) sovereign credit rating for Ghana? Is it SADA, GYEEDA, WAYOME, SMARTYYS, AMERI, EMBRAER, KARPOWER or the Ford expedition from Burkina Faso?” Dr Bawumia quizzed.

Dr. Bawumia urged Ghanaians to vote for the NPP because NPP knows how to fix the economy.

“Our superior track record shows that we achieve more with very little and Nana Akufo-Addo has the vision, discipline, leadership and a competent and able team to turn things around and get Ghana working again for every Ghanaian,” he stressed.

Story By: Michael Creg Afful

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