The party had accused governing National Democratic Congress of conducting a witch-hunt against its Flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and the party because their participation in this 2016 election is a threat to government.

[contextly_sidebar id=”x0301jMx8UumeKahBtbPoVMyQz2jamhB”]But Kwakye Ofosu in a rebuttal on Eyewitness News, dismissed these claims, saying “First of all, that charge is not only false, it is illogical and therefore must be dismissed. It is about time people take responsibility for their actions.”

According to him, “state institutions have the mandate to carry out their work, therefore if any entity that is the subject of any investigation by a state agency believes that that state agency has acted in ways that are not consistent with the law, …there are legal remedies that can be pursued.”

He believes it will be unfair to accuse government of frustrating the PPP Flagbearer since the “PPP does not pose any threat at all to government.”

“The NDC that is in power has contested six elections and won four out of it. We are fairly able to wage a campaign and convince the people  to vote for us, irrespective of what any other political party does. Therefore this practice where small parties think that when the launch attacks on government, issues that they may have with one state agency or the other will assume a political coloration and therefore the real issues will be subdued is bound to fail.”

He further clarified that government has over the years,not been interested in any matter relating to the PPP.

What did EOCO say?

EOCO in a letter dated October 21, 2016 and signed by the Executive Director of EOCO, Justice Tsar gave the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and Hassan Ayariga of the All People’s Congress (APC), up to Wednesday, October 26, to explain how they funded aspects of their political campaigns.

EOCO  want to interrogate the presidential aspirant of the All People’s Congress, Hassan Ayariga over his claim that he had expended over $6 million dollars to procure vehicles, among other things for his campaign.

Dr Nduom of the PPP on the other hand is expected to explain to EOCO the source of the over GHc1.7 million he used to pay for his and that of the party’s parliamentary candidates at the Electoral Commission (EC).

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Mr. Amissah-Arthur, a former governor of the Bank of Ghana, has on some NDC campaign platforms, described Bawumia’s claims as lies, but has failed to present a detailed analysis to counter the claims.

Some government appointees have only dismissed the issues raised by Dr. Bawumia, but have failed to analyse the issues officially.

Bring it on – NPP dares Amissah Arthur

The NPP at a recent news conference dared Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur to a challenge with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, following his recent lecture on the true state of the Ghanaian economy.

The NPP’s Policy Adviser for the 2016 elections, Boakye Agyarko, threw the challenge to Mr. Amissah Arthur, a former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, when he addressed a news conference today [Monday], to respond to the promises in the NDC’s manifesto.

In a statement released today [Wednesday], the Office of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said it had noted the discussions on his public lecture on the theme – “The State of the Ghanaian Economy – a foundation of Concrete or Straw” – and continues to thank the general public for their support before, during and after the event.

The statement said “though the government has till date not issued a comprehensive response to the Lecture delivered by Dr. Bawumia a fortnight ago, we are encouraged by the suggestions made by the Head of the Economic Management Team and Vice-President, H.E. Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, over the weekend in Sunyani, that the government is still studying the Lecture and will in due course respond comprehensively to the Lecture.”

“To aid the government and especially the Economic Management Team in their desire to respond to the lecture therefore, we have compiled at least 170 statements and claims made in the Lecture to which we look forward to a response from government.”

“We note that the expected comprehensive response from government will be in the interest of the larger Ghanaian populace who are eager to hear from government officially on the true state of the economy and the economic record of the government, especially as the recently launched NDC Manifesto appears to be largely silent on the Economic Record of the 8-year NDC/ John Mahama government.”

Attached to the statement, is the list of 170 statements and claims made during the lecture.

“We look forward to a timely response from government as has been promised to all these 170 statements” the statement concluded.

Click here for the 170 ‘Facts’
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