{"id":192253,"date":"2016-02-22T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T15:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=192253"},"modified":"2016-02-22T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T15:42:01","slug":"bawumia-rubbishes-ndcs-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/bawumia-rubbishes-ndcs-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia rubbishes NDC’s records"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, running mate to New Patriotic Party’s\u00a02016 Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo,\u00a0has rubbished claims by the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), that it has transformed the country by undertaking a number of projects.<\/p>\n

He outlined six reasons why Ghanaians must reject the NDC\u2019s attempt to hoodwink the public on claims of massive investments in projects as the reality points to the contrary.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia outlined these in a lecture on the topic \u201cThe Role of Financial Discipline and Investment In National Development\u201d, at a National Financial Literacy and Investment Summit organised by the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), at the University for Development Studies, Wa Campus.<\/p>\n

Where is the rest of the money and what could it have done? Bawumia asks and answers <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia pointed out that the NDC had increased Ghana\u2019s debt in seven years by GHC90 billion, from GHC9.5 billion at the end of 2009 to some GHC99 billion currently; an equivalent of some 37 billion dollars at the time of borrowing.<\/p>\n

\"bawumia<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, If you sum the cost of all the loan financed projects listed in the green book (even including those with artistic impressions, it is less than $7 billion. Meanwhile, the government has borrowed the equivalent of $37 billion so where is the rest of the money? Indeed, given the resources at its disposal one should expect at least four times the quantum of investment that the NDC claims to have undertaken\u201d, Dr. Bawumia said, as he began listing the six reasons.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0proceeded to list a number of things the over 30 billion dollars from borrowing the NDC cannot account for, could have done, which proves that contrary to the claims, the NDC has done a bad job at giving Ghanaians their due after undertaking unprecedented borrowing in the last seven years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe close to $30 billion of borrowing that was not used for projects could have inter alia:<\/p>\n