Efia Odo questions Bawumia’s credit scoring system initiative, describes it as unnecessary

Ghanaian socialite and actress, Efia Odo, has said she wants to understand a recent policy proposed by Vice President and New Patriotic Party Flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

Dr. Bawumia announced plans to introduce a national individualized credit scoring system among his proposed policies.

This system, he said, will enable Ghanaians purchase goods, including mobile phones, on credit and pay in instalments, based on their credit score.

"We are bringing the credit scoring system so that our people can get good credit for goods so that they can pay small, small, small," he stated.

Following this announcement, Efia Odo has raised concerns about the policy, stating that countries currently using such systems are in debt.

She also believes that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s proposed policy is unnecessary.

According to the socialite, what Ghanaians need are well-paying jobs and the stabilization of the cedi.

She added that the government should also focus on the needs of doctors and nurses who are leaving the country to find better-paying jobs abroad.

Efia Odo also pointed out that the salaries paid to doctors abroad are much higher than those in Ghana, which is why she believes Bawumia’s policy cannot be implemented in the country.

In a post on her social media, she questioned the Vice President’s proposal stating “Do you know how many Americans that are in debt because of credit cards? Ghanaians don’t need this, what we need are jobs, well-paying jobs!! We need the cedi to STABILIZE. We need to keep our doctors and nurses home instead everyone is leaving because of low or unpaid wages.

“… A doctor in America can make anywhere from $100-500,000 a year. Do you know how much the average doctor makes yearly in Ghana? Nowhere close to those figures!! This credit card system is not a necessity!!!” Efia Odo emphasized.

Meanwhile, some Ghanaians, particularly communicators from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, have been ridiculing Dr. Bawumia's analogy of initiative a system that will allow people buy mobile phones on credit and pay in instalments.

For many of these people, they have cast doubt on the feasibility of this policy.

See Efia Odo’s post below:

Do you know how many Americans that are in debt because of credit cards ? Ghanaians don’t need this, what we need are jobs, well paying jobs!! We need the cedi to STABILIZE . We need to keep our doctors and nurses home instead everyone is leaving because of low or unpaid wages. A… https://t.co/t9ScXAHbOD

— EFIAODO (@Efiaodo1) July 24, 2024