Mahama behaving like he just landed from Mars - Bawumia on economic crisis comments

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has criticized the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, for stating that the local economy has collapsed due to poor leadership and that there is no end in sight for the cedi's depreciation.

According to Dr. Bawumia, John Mahama is acting as if he doesn't know the economy was affected by both internal and external shocks.

He said, despite all the challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic to the Russia-Ukraine war, the economy, under the Akufo-Addo-led administration, has been managed well.

Making this known at the 8th CEOs Summit held in Accra on Monday, May 27, 2024, Dr. Bawumia emphasized that the government has performed much better than the Mahama administration.

"It is also very important to be upfront, having listened to the former president talk about some of the ongoing issues from his perspective. When you listen to him, you may be forgiven for thinking he has just landed from Mars because he has been a former president before; he has managed this country; he has been vice president," he stated.

The vice president further said, "When he was managing this country, there was no global crisis; he didn't have COVID; he didn't have the Russia-Ukraine war, but at the end of the day, the economy that he was managing basically declined. Unemployment was very high, we endured more than four years of 'dumsor,' and agricultural productivity declined..."

"If you look at what we have done in the last seven years, it is very clear that we have done much more and performed much better than his government," Bawumia stressed.

He noted that the government has used funds judiciously and has established projects that would benefit the country.



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