Ghanaian Banker and current Vice President of The Republic of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia has spoken on the statements made by the Former President of Ghana” John Dramani Mahama.” Considering the claims made by the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress, he referred him to his poor governance and his incapabilities to even find solutions to ”Dumsor” problems.
Ex President John Dramani Mahama considered the leadership and governance of the current president” Akuffo-Addo” to be fragile, considering his inability to halt the spread of COVID-19 and Ghanaians facing a lot of struggles in Ghana’s economy.
Ghanaian economist ” Bawumia” in his statements to the press, questioned John Dramani Mahama’s comparison with that of his government, referring him to the poor leadership he gave Ghanaians and his incompetencies in solving the problems of his people.
“If you want to test the robustness of an economy, you test it in a time of crisis. Thankfully, we have had two crises. Under the NDC, it was an internally-generated crisis, which was dumsor. Under the Presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo, there has been an externally generated crisis, which has been the global Coronavirus pandemic.”
“I just want you to ask yourself, how have these two crises been managed? The dumsor crisis which crippled this economy for four years. What were the mitigating measures offered to businesses and individuals during the dumsor, an internally generated crisis?”.
“We saw that even during dumsor, electricity prices were being increased, fuel prices were being increased, teacher trainee allowances were being canceled, nursing trainee training allowances were being canceled. All of that was happening during that particular crisis.”
“You look at the Coronavirus crisis and you look at the difference in terms of what has happened. The President has reduced electricity prices and has made it free for lifeline consumers. He has given free water to all Ghanaians for three months, has made sure that there is a stimulus package of 600 million Ghana Cedis for businesses and we have seen domestic production of PPEs (personal protective equipment) for our health workers locally.”
He stated
His comparison has actually caused the vice president to consider the differences between the government who failed to address dumsor together with the challenges of his people and a government who despite the critical issue at hand, has taken a bold step to protect his people from the outbreak of coronavirus. disease.
“So the difference couldn’t be more stark between the the leadership under a crisis under dumsor and that under the Coronavirus epidemic. So I ask a simple question, who will you trust in a time of crisis?
He added
“The answer, I will say, is very very clear. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has shown leadership and concern for ordinary Ghanaians.”