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<\/p>\nThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has criticised government for initially omitting any plans of investing in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) programme until later.<\/p>\n
Incessant pressure from some Members of Parliament and pressure groups in the three regions of the north, government finally announced a GHC400, 000 budget\u00a0for SADA.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”rt4QSL0BOwURgd0QTAi3R1Yw4nPwk6Ro”]According to Dr. Bawumia, government has lost focus on SADA which was introduced as a pro-poor programme to improve the livelihood of the impoverished.<\/p>\n
He described government\u2019s seeming knee-jerk reaction as an “insult” to people living in the SADA zones.<\/p>\n
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia maintained that government\u2019s U-turn clearly\u00a0demonstrated President Mahama\u2019s insensitivity to the plight of people living in the SADA zones.<\/p>\n
He was speaking at the Tamale Polytechnic on the occasion of the NPP\u2019s Tertiary Education Students Confederacy (TESCON) 15th Anniversary.<\/p>\n
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He encouraged the\u00a0people in the three regions of the north to reject\u00a0President Mahama and the NDC, when Ghanains go the polls in 2016.<\/p>\n
Touching on the current energy crisis, The NPP Vice Presidential candidate claimed it was not a power generation problem but that government does not have the funds to buy crude to power the various generation plants.<\/p>\n
Government\u2019s IMF financial bailout<\/strong> According to him,\u00a0no amount of donor funds could fix the nation\u2019s economy because \u201cGovernment is clueless.\u201d<\/p>\n He cited mismanagement and corruption as the two major factors to the nation\u2019s ailing economy.<\/p>\n NPP and NDC Comparisons<\/strong> Dr. Bawumia asserted that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) within six years raked 62 billion US Dollars from taxation in opposition to the NPP\u2019s taxation rate of 15 billion US Dollars for eight years.<\/p>\n He said the governing NDC borrowed 27 billion US Dollars within six years whilst that of the NPP stood at 5 billion Dollars for eight years.<\/p>\n Dr. Bawumia argued that the incumbent NDC administration cashed in 25 billion US Dollars for gold export within six years whereas the NPP\u2019s gold export revenue mobilization stood at 9 billion US Dollars for eight years.<\/p>\n On cocoa export, he stated that the governing NDC secured 14.5 billion US Dollars within six years against that of the NPP\u2019s cocoa export revenue of 7.4 billion US Dollars for eight years.<\/p>\n With Ghana now as oil producing country, Dr. Bawumia disclosed that the NDC government within six years gained 13.7 billion US Dollars.<\/p>\n Solutions<\/strong> He said there will be tax exemption on the importation of computers and their accessories.<\/p>\n He pledged the next NPP government\u2019s commitment to complete the National Identification project which started in 2008.<\/p>\n He added that Nana Akufo Ado who is known to be incorruptible will plug all the financial leakages to reduce mismanagement and corruption.<\/p>\n He reassured Ghanaians that there will be less taxation in all sectors of the business environment to boost production.<\/p>\n Dr. Bawumia said the District Assembly Common Fund, the School Feeding Programme, the National Health Insurance Scheme, the Metro Mass Transit system and all programmes introduced by the previous NPP administration will be revamped.<\/p>\n Sammy Awuku<\/strong> He asked all NPP youth to renew their spirit of voluntarism by convincing floating voters to massively vote for the NPP in 2016.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Mahamudu Bawumia said government had no justification seeking financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in view of its defense that the nation\u2019s economy was not broke.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Bawumia said that the Mahama-Amissah Arthur led NDC administration has within six years piled 69.5 billion debt stock against that of the erstwhile Kufuor administration\u2019s recorded debt stock of 9.5 billion Dollars within a period of 8 years.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Bawumia assured Ghanaians that the NPP under Nana Akufo Ado\u2019s Presidency will find solutions to the nation\u2019s economic woes.<\/p>\n
\nThe NPP national youth Organizer, Sammy Awuku kicked against tribal politics and urged all NPP members to avoid it in their campaigns.<\/p>\n
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