Running mate to the Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has dismissed claims that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) sponsored his education by granting him scholarship to study abroad.<\/p>\n
General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia earlier disclosed that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia could possibly not have been successful in life if he had not been supported by the NDC.<\/p>\n
He noted that Dr.Bawumia benefited immensely from the ruling party while his\u00a0late father, Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia was serving as\u00a0the Chairman of the Council of State.<\/p>\n
\u201cBawumia\u2019s father joined virtually every political party that existed after independence, from the Northern Peoples Party, then when the minority parties came together to form the United Party (UP), he joined that party as well. He later joined the CPP and he became the District Commissioner. He further joined Dr Limann\u2019s party where he was made the Minister for Cocoa Affairs. Until his death, he was the Chairman of the Council of State, under ex President J.J Rawlings and that is when he got scholarship for his son Mahamudu Bawumia to study abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Bawumia in a statement said the NDC never sponsored his education.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to state for the record that the NDC has had nothing to do with my entire education and I have never been on Government of Ghana scholarship for my studies abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact the NDC as a party was only formed in 1992 when I was mid-way through my Ph.D studies at Simon Fraser University which was financed through fellowships and teaching assistantships.\u201d<\/p>\n
Below is the full statement from Dr. Bawumia<\/strong> My attention has been drawn to the above story reported by Ghanaweb on October 6th, 2016 (http:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/NDC-made-Bawumia-successful-in-life-Asiedu-Nketia-475118). In this story, the NDC General Secretary, Asiedu Nketia is reported to have said that the NDC facilitated my education by granting me a scholarship to study abroad. I am also informed that a similar statement was made by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Limuna recently in Walewale.<\/p>\n While my initial instinct was to laugh off and ignore such a palpable lie, I have come to understand that the NDC machinery specializes in the fabrication of such stories and would continue repeating them until they assume ring of truth.<\/p>\n I would like to state for the record that the NDC has had nothing to do with my entire education and I have never been on Government of Ghana scholarship for my studies abroad. My education history is as follows:<\/p>\n 1969-1975 Sakasaka Primary School (Tamale)<\/p>\n 1975-1982 Tamale Secondary School, Ghana \u2013 GCE O and A-Levels<\/p>\n 1982-1984 Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (A.C.I.B) \u2013U.K 1984-1986 B.Sc. Economics (First Class Hons.) 1987- 1988 M.Sc. Development Economics 1991 – 1995 Ph.D. in Economics In fact the NDC as a party did was only formed in 1992 when I was mid-way through my Ph.D studies at Simon Fraser University which was financed through fellowships and teaching assistantships.<\/p>\n So which part of my education (from primary school to Ph.D) was financed by the NDC? When did the government of Ghana ever offer me a scholarship? I will ask the General Secretary of the NDC to respond and not run away like they did when I presented them 170 facts from my recent lecture.<\/p>\n This is not how politics should be done. Why would persons such as the General Secretary of the NDC and a Minister of State engage in the deliberate fabrication and peddling of such a falsehood? If they are looking for something to attack me on they can at least start with a response to the 170 facts from my lecture.<\/p>\n What is clear is that the NDC has lost the argument on issues and now resorted to attacking my person with fabricated lies. That strategy will fail. You cannot run a country with propaganda and lies. By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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