Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, the running mate to the New Patriotic Party Flag, (NPP) Nana Akufo Addo, has vowed to continue to hunt Vice President Amissah Arthur until he answers the 170 economic questions he (Bawumia) posed to him and President John Mahama.
According to him, the Mahama-led administration has messed up the economy leaving Ghanaians in untold hardship, adding that they need to answer for their abysmal stewardship over the past years in office.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on September 8, 2016, asked President Mahama and Vice President Kwesi Ammisah Arthur to respond to 170 questions after a lecture on the state of the economy.
The lecture by Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was on the theme: “The State of the Ghanaian Economy: A foundation of Concrete or of Straw,” and was also chaired by former president John Agyekum Kufuor.
But Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur vowed to expose Dr. Mahamud Bawumia,for what he said were blatant lies the latter had told at the lecture, and said he intended to do that by exposing one lie per every venue he has opportunity to speak henceforth.
Veep Amissah speaking during the 2016 campaign manifesto launch of the ruling National Democratic Congress in Sunyani, said nearly every line of Dr. Bawumia’s lecture address contained a lie.
He said when he first hinted at responding to Dr. Bawumia’s comments, a former colleague of his at the University of Ghana called to advise him take Dr. Bawumia on on a political platform because he was not engaged in an economics exercise but was doing politics that needed a political response.
“So I have decided that everywhere we go I’ll take one of his lies and explain to you why they are lies. So don’t believe what you read, because I got a copy of the things he read three days ago. When I read it, every line there is a lie there, I can destroy that lie.”
However months down the line, Dr Bawumia insists the Veep whose last job before becoming the Vice President was the Governor of the Bank of Ghana will not be allowed to rest until he answers the 170 questions as he (veep) promised.
Addressing teeming crowd of NPP youth at the ‘Ghana Youth Rally’ held at Moree in the Central Region, Dr Bawumia who was a deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana said: “I hear this is Vice President Amissah Arthur’s hometown. Is that the case?…I’ve been looking for him. He has 170 questions to answer and he has been running, so tell him I came to his hometown and he should answer the 170 questions.”
He added: “There’s no where to hide, they have mismanaged this country and their incompetence and corruption has resulted in ‘wahala’ for everybody. So I’m asking all of you to rise up and let’s change this government together, we are going to transform this country and all of us are going to benefit. The future is for the youth of this country.”
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