Election 2024: Mahama sets five questions for Bawumia

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has issued five critical questions to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential candidate for the 2024 elections.

Mahama’s questions focus on urgent economic challenges facing Ghana, addressing topics such as the exchange rate, national debt, inflation, and what he describes as Dr. Bawumia’s shift from economic management to prioritising digitalisation.

Mahama noted that Dr. Bawumia had once posed similar questions to the late Vice President Paa Kwasi Amissah-Arthur when Bawumia was the NPP’s running mate. Now, Mahama contends that Dr. Bawumia should provide the same level of transparency and accountability regarding the current economic situation under his oversight.

Mahama stressed that these questions reflect Ghanaians’ demand for clarity and responsibility in economic governance from Dr. Bawumia and the NPP.

“He used to give lectures every month about how to run an economy, and how to fix the economy. He posed 170 questions to my Vice President Amissah Arthur. He should go and answer the 170 questions himself. Indeed, he shouldn’t answer 170 questions. He should answer only three questions.

” Question 1, he should come and answer. Why is the exchange rate GH¢17 to the dollar?

“Question 2, why has Ghana’s debt risen from GH¢120 billion to GH¢767 billion in eight years? He should come and answer.

“Question 3, why did inflation rise to where it is at 54% under your administration for eight years?

“Then let me add two more. Question 4, why did you borrow GH¢42 billion from the Bank of Ghana? He should come and answer those questions. We don’t need 170 questions. With the 170, if he wants, he can answer them himself. But Ghanaians are asking him four questions.

“He should come and answer those four questions and explain to Ghanaians why we are where we are. The last question is why has he run away from the economy to digitalisation? He used to be talking a lot about the economy. Today he can’t mention the economy, it’s not in his vocabulary.

“Anytime he opens his mouth, digitalisation. Come and talk about the economy. That’s question five. Five questions. Tell him you should come and answer them,” he stated.

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