Spokesperson of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has responded to claims that the Veep is the cause of the current economic mess in the country.
The Vice President has come under serious critcisms following the serious economic challenges the country is currently grappling with because of his role the chairman of the Economic Management Team (EMT) of the government.
But according to the Technical Economic Advisor and Spokesperson to the Vice President, Ghanaians and critics of government should stop blaming the Vice President for the economic challenges confronting the nation just because of the his role as the chairman of EMT.
Dr. Gideon Boako who was speaking on Accra-based Peace FM explained that Dr. Bawumia has since becoming a member of the New Patriotic Party and Vice President of Ghana proven to be very competent through his initiatives and commitment to the development of Ghana.
Touting some of the achievements of the NPP flagbearer hopeful in government, he mentioned that through the ingenuity of Dr. Bawumia, numerous interchanges, railway lines, rural telephony services, classrooms infrastructure, digitization among others have been implemented in he describes as unprecendented in Ghana’s 4th Republic.
“This government has built interchanges than any government since 1992, we should say Bawumia did that. This government has built railways than any government since 1992, let’s say Bawumia did that. This government has installed more rural telephonists than any government since 1992, we should credit Bawumia for doing that. This government has built classrooms more than any other government since 1992, let’s say Bawumia did that. This government has created 2.1 million jobs more than any other government has provided jobs to Ghanaians since 1992, let’s say Bawumia did that…” Dr. Gideon Boako narrated.
He therefore insisted that Dr. Bawumia deserves commendation for these developmental projects rather than condemnation.
He said, if you say Bawumia should be blamed for anything bad about this government, then equally you should praise Bawumia for all the good things as well.”
He further stated that Dr. Bawumia is this unwarranted blame just because of his decision to contest to become NPP Presidential candidate for the 2024 elections, so the critics think “we should give the dog a bad name and hang it”, stressing this behavior towards the Veep “is not proper”.
He further emphasized that despite the “weaknesses and shortfalls” of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration, this government is far better than the opposition National Democratic Congress.
