{"id":12255,"date":"2018-10-05T21:52:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2018-10-05T21:52:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:52:50","slug":"you-can-lecture-on-economy-but-reality-will-expose-you-mahama-mocks-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12255","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You can lecture on economy; but reality will expose you\u2019 \u2013 Mahama mocks Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former President John Mahama has ridiculed the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the challenges it is facing in managing the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

According to him, the NPP was only good at making promises ahead of the 2016 elections,. but lacked the ability to properly manage the economy and deliver on those promises.<\/p>\n

He said the NPP government has led Ghanaians into untold economic hardship and the current situation of Ghanaians was a testament to the poor management.<\/p>\n

John Mahama made the comments while addressing delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Tatale in the Northern Region as part of his nationwide campaign tour to lead the NDC into the next presidential elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can do all the propaganda you like to win political power, when you come to government; the reality of the people\u2019s life will expose you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere are the factories, where are the dams, where is the $1 million per constituency. It is easier to make electoral promises than to fulfill them. Making promises is easy, fulfilling them is a problem. That is what NPP has taught us. It is easier to give political lectures on the economy than to manage the economy,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Mahama also subtly chided the Vice President, Dr. Bawumia, saying that his prowess in delivering lectures on the economy did not make him a better manager of the economy.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It would be recalled that in the run-up to the 2016 elections, Dr. Bawumia who was then the NPP\u2019s choice for Vice President made several public statements including a widely broadcasted public lecture on the state of the Ghanaian economy under John Mahama\u2019s administration in which he sought to declare the then government incompetent and unable to manage the economy well.<\/p>\n

Despite the NDC government\u2019s subsequent attempts to discount Dr. Bawumia\u2019s claims, the NPP managed to kick them out of power, among other things, on account of many promises it made to Ghanaians and pledge that it will ensure economic prosperity by managing the economy better.<\/p>\n