Bawumia Doesn’t Understand the Economy, Stop Listening to Him – Adongo

The Member of Parliament for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo, has accused Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of being ill-informed about the true state of the country’s economy in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic.

According to the legislator, available data shows that Ghana’s economy is struggling and the Vice President cannot disprove the reality.

He made the remark on Accra based Citi FM Eyewitness News, following comments by Dr Bawumia in response former President John Mahama on the state of Ghana’s economy.

John Mahama had claimed that the much-hyped Ghanaian economy is in shambles few weeks after the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

Reacting to this, Dr.Bawumia accused Mahama of being not being knowledgeable about the Ghanaian economy, hence he should acquaint himself with facts before running commentaries.

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However, Mr Isaac Adongo said the Vice President has no data on the impact of COVID-19 on the Ghanaian economy.

“His Excellency John Dramani Mahama made a very basic statement. He said that the economy as a result of COVID-19 is in intensive care but you come back and you tell us to look at the data and that the data shows that the ex-president was churning out untruths but you are unable to point out a single point. Throughout his [Dr. Bawumia] statement, he kept saying the data shows, the data shows, and he is unable to point out one single data that shows [something]. But the reality is that; is the economy really in intensive care? The answer is yes.”

“I want to ask Dr Bawumia one thing; in saying that John Mahama should look at the data, do you have COVID-19 data? Because John Mahama is saying the economy as a result of COVID-19 is in ICU. If you are disapproving and saying he should look at the data, then show us the COVID-19 economy data but you don’t have it and then you keep throwing English around that we have done better. I indicated to you people that you shouldn’t even be listening to Dr Bawumia because he doesn’t even understand the economy,” the Bolgatanga Central MP added.

Mr Adongo also accused government of massaging the real figures of the economy to present a false hope that the economy is performing well.

According to him, the figures presented to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows the reality of the economy and is in direct contrast with what government has been telling Ghanaians.