National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency, Sam George, has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as “apostles of death” as the country’s economic challenges deepens.
He also branded them as “con artists”.
According to Sam George, the current administration is a monumental failure and lied its way into power because the promises which won the New Patriotic Party power and it is delivering are at loggerheads.
He recollected how Vice President Dr. Bawumia was touted as the “Economic Messiah” to turn the economic fortunes of Ghana but since he assumed office the economy has turned worse.
Quoting President Akufo-Addo, the Ningo Prampram MP said, “I brought him [Bawumia] because Kufuor brought him to help at the Bank of Ghana, Bawumia knows how to run the economy.
“Bawumia turned around and said ‘Trust me because I have worked at the Bank of Ghana and know the money is there’ Ghanaians, therefore, believed this lie and made these lairs and con artists one president and the other vice president,“ Sam George stated on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.
Sam George responded negative when the host Randy Abbey drew his attention to the use of rather harsh words.
“We are in a dire situation as a country and by the time he is down with his situation GMG and Ghana will know if they are con artists or not, the one made vice president said says he knows where the money is and the other one also stated we have money, yet we are hungry that is what they presented to us,” he stated.
The outspoken lawmaker further questioned the competence of Dr. Bawumia if he is the Head of the Economic Management Team, Economic Policy Team which is made up of the Vice President, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana Ernest Addison and still Ghana is in its current predicament.
“The Governor of the Bank of Ghana is responsible for the monetary, the Finance Minister is also responsible for the fiscal policy whiles the Vice President, Head of the Economic Management Team sits with both to ensure that we [Ghanaians] have synergy between both monetary and fiscal policy, so they have the subcommittee which is a call for disaster,” Sam George pointed out.
“One hospital under this Agenda 111 is $17 million, the Bank of Ghana in 2022 alone reported a loss of GHS60.8 billion and we know how many Agenda 111 hospitals this is.
“That GHS60.8 billion would have built 3,474 Agenda 111 hospitals… the money they waste in one year, every district which is less than 200 [people] would have had an Agenda 111 which is equivalent to 100 district hospitals,” Sam George argued.
The NDC legislator blamed the state of the country’s ‘messy’ economy on the “mismanagement of Ernest Addison, the printer, Ken [Ofori-Atta], the saint, and Bawumia, the liar”
By: Edem Etsa Dorvlo | Metrotvonline.com | Ghana
