{"id":247524,"date":"2016-09-12T12:46:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T12:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=247524"},"modified":"2016-09-12T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T12:46:40","slug":"bawumias-lecture-on-ghanas-economy-full-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/bawumias-lecture-on-ghanas-economy-full-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia\u2019s lecture on Ghana\u2019s economy [Full Text]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP)&#8217;s running mate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday, September 8, 2016, delivered a lecture on what in his view the state of the Ghanaian economy is.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture, held at the National Theatre, was under the theme, \u201cThe state of the Ghanaian economy \u2013 A foundation of concrete or straw&#8221; and\u00a0was chaired by former President John Agyekum Kufuor.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia touched on a wide variety of topics including Ghana&#8217;s \u00a0International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme, a decline in the country&#8217;s per capita income, fiscal deficit, infrastructure and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>He also downplayed President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress&#8217; (NDC) supposed \u00a0achievements in the last eight years,\u00a0and rubbished claims by the President that NPP&#8217;s election petition after the 2012 polls stalled development.<\/p>\n<p>Click<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STATE-OF-THE-GHANAIAN-ECONOMY-A-Foundation-of-Concrete-or-Straw-Lecture.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>for the full text<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to the full audio <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/08\/bawumias-lecture-on-ghanas-economy-full-audio\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP)&#8217;s running mate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday, September 8, 2016, delivered a lecture on what in his view the state of the Ghanaian economy is. 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