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<\/p>\nThe running mate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has jabbed President John Mahama for claiming that the NPP\u2019s proposal for Ghana\u2019s economy won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bawumia said he is amazed by the claim because the NDC has been in office over the past 8 years and has allowed the economy to collapse.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”pavVxWxhRb9w97Umcvwu46x6XCAMUHSR”]President Mahama during his campaign trail in Accra, questioned Dr. Bawumia\u2019s economic credentials and asked Ghanaians to ignore the NPP\u2019s proposals on how to transform the nations\u2019 economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the NPP read their manifesto, it is obvious that their economic plan would destroy this economy,\u201d Mahama said.<\/p>\n
But Dr. Bawumia in his response questioned President Mahama\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NDC and President Mahama are going around saying that these tax reductions as part of our comprehensive programme of economic reform and our manifesto promises will ruin the economy. I am so baffled. You are the President and you have presided over the collapse of our economy. If you knew the plan that could work with the economy and be successful, why haven\u2019t you implemented that plan in eight years,\u201d he asked while interacting with students of the Nyankpala Campus of the University for Development Studies on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s running mate advised the President that he should focus on making the economy he has ruined work in the short time he has left; and noted that the President\u2019s record disqualifies him from becoming a judge on what will work or not work for the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you know what can work for our economy, why is the economy collapsing in your hands after eight years? You clearly don\u2019t understand the economic plans underpinning the NPP manifesto; your task is to make our economy work and is clear you cannot do it so you clearly have no legs to stand on in saying that the NPP plan cannot work because your own plan has collapsed the economy and we are bringing a new plan for the economy and this new plan will work,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Bawumia recalled the record of the Kufuor-NPP administration which reduced Corporate Taxes to stimulate the private sector, create growth and at the same time cause an increase in government revenue, and reiterated the pledge by the NPP to introduce more of such policies to achieve\u00a0growth and jobs to\u00a0revive the economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe reduced taxes under the NPP \u2013 corporate taxes were brought down from 32% to 25%, and at the same time we saw a major increase in revenue and so it makes economic sense and we are going to focus on production. The President for now should focus on fixing the collapsed economy\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bawumia has been touring constituencies in the Northern Region since Tuesday. He has so far toured the Nanton, Kumbungu and Tolon constituencies.<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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