Mahama makes 5 important questions to Bawumia: Let him know that he should come and respond to them.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama, recently asked Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), five important questions on Ghana's economic status.

Mahama's questions focus on the current economic challenges, the exchange rate, national debt, high inflation, and Dr Bawumia's emphasis on digitalisation as an apparent solution to the economic crisis.

On Monday, October 28, at a gathering with NDC supporters in Tatale, Northern Region, Mahama mentioned an instance in which Dr. Bawumia, the opposition's economic spokeswoman, asked then-Vice-President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur 170 questions. Mahama encouraged Dr. Bawumia to address the concerns he brought up in order to maintain the same level of transparency.

"Every month, he would give lectures on how to manage and improve an economy," Mahama said. He asked my vice president, Amissah-Arthur, 170 questions. He ought to go and respond to the 170 questions on his own. He shouldn't respond to 170 questions, in fact. He ought to respond to just three inquiries.

Mahama then laid out his questions for Dr Bawumia:

“Why is the exchange rate GH¢17 to the dollar?”

“Why has Ghana’s debt risen from GH¢120 billion to GH¢767 billion in eight years?”

“Why did inflation rise to where it is at 54% under your administration for eight years?”

He continued with two additional questions:

4.“Why did you borrow GH¢42 billion from the Bank of Ghana?”

5.“Why has he run away from the economy to digitalisation? He used to be talking a lot about the economy. Today he can’t mention the economy; it’s not in his vocabulary. Anytime he opens his mouth, digitalisation. Come and talk about the economy.”

Mahama concluded, urging Dr Bawumia to respond to these five questions, noting, “Tell him he should come and answer them.”