{"id":254207,"date":"2016-10-03T06:05:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T06:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=254207"},"modified":"2016-10-03T06:05:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T06:05:54","slug":"mahama-has-wasted-everything-at-his-disposal-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/mahama-has-wasted-everything-at-his-disposal-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama has wasted everything at his disposal – Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running mate to the Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has rubbished claims by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), that it has performed better in managing the economy than any other government.<\/p>\n

According\u00a0 to him,\u00a0 a government\u00a0 that mismanaged funds\u00a0\u00a0 meant\u00a0\u00a0 for programmes such as\u00a0 SADA\u00a0 and GYEEDA\u00a0 cannot claim to\u00a0 have\u00a0 managed the\u00a0 economy\u00a0 well.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia further argued that, the NDC government has only succeeded in bringing what he described as unprecedented hardship on Ghanaians.<\/p>\n

Addressing the people of Adamkwaman community in\u00a0 the Assin South constituency of the\u00a0 Central Region, Dr.\u00a0 Bawumia said the\u00a0 NDC\u2019S\u00a0 abysmal performance \u00a0should be enough grounds\u00a0 for\u00a0 the people\u00a0 of Ghana\u00a0 to vote them \u00a0out of office, \u00a0and\u00a0 give Nana Akuffo\u00a0 Addo the mandate on December 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have wasted almost everything under their disposal. Look at how they handled funds meant for GYEEDA and SADA. Ask the NDC where the guinea fowls under the SADA programme are and they will tell you that they are in Burkina Faso. So give Nana Addo a chance and let him turn things around for Ghana,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Setting the records straight forum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia\u2019s comment follows the \u2018Setting the records straight\u2019 forum organized by the NDC to respond to his\u00a0170 statements about the economy.<\/p>\n

The NDC at that forum insisted that, Ghana\u2019s economy saw an impressive performance<\/strong><\/a><\/span> under the John Attah-Mills \u2013 John Mahama administration against the poor performance by the NPP\u2019s John Kufuor.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the forum, the Minister of Transport, Fifi Kwetey, said in spite of the many financial resources that was available to the NPP, it was unable to ensure a significant growth in terms of infrastructure development.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom 2001 to 2008, the NPP accumulated a total debt stock 56.9billion cedis, taking it from 9.7billion cedis in 2008. NPP therefore had access to 4.3 times more loan financing than NDC 1 under Jerry Rawlings. In spite of this, the NDC 1 overshadows the NPP in virtually all critical development infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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