'At least I am not called Government Official One' - Bawumia responds to NDC plot to label him a liar

The Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said he is not perturbed by attempts by NDC to label him a liar, through the hashtag #Bawuliar.

At his interactions with the media on Sunday, Dr. Bawumia was asked whether he was bothered by efforts by the opposition NDC to brand him a liar.

Responding, Dr. Bawumia was quick to refer to how even President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was labelled a murderer and drug addict by the NDC, adding that by being labelled a liar, he has not suffered as much smear campaign from the NDC as President Akufo-Addo.

Dr. Bawumia also added that in comparison, "At least I am not called Government Official One" referring to the description of former President John Dramani Mahama by courts in the US and the UK in the Airbus corruption scandal.

Specifically addressing the issue of being labelled a liar by the NDC, Dr. Bawumia referred to a report by the African Academy for Open-Source Investigations (AAOSI) in collaboration with Joy FM, which said the labelling of Dr. Bawumia on social media was an orchestration by the NDC to smear him.

Dr. Bawumia commended Joy FM and AAOSI for their work which exposed the NDC, adding that on every proposal he made, which the NDC said he was lying, he successfully achieved them, thereby exposing the NDC.

"Interestingly, whenever I come up with something and they say it is impossible and that I am lying, we prove them wrong... But when we do, they don't come back," he said.

Dr. Bawumia listed a number of policy proposals he announced, which the NDC said he was lying about, stating that because of their 'impossibility mindsets' but they always ended up being successfully implemented.

These include the Ghana Card as a travel document to travel into Ghana, the delivery of medical supplies through drones, Mobile Money interoperability, which he said has lifted Ghana to be number one most financially inclusive country in Africa, among many.