The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged that no government in its first term under the Fourth Republic can match the economic record of the Nana Akufo-Addo administration.

According to the Vice President, who was addressing delegates at the ongoing consultative meeting of the National Council of Zongo Chiefs at Kyebi in the Eastern Region, “I can tell you, in all humility, and without any fear of contradiction - because when you speak, you should speak with data, or on the basis of data. A lot of people speak, and they speak with propaganda; there is no data to back up what they are saying”.

 “But when you speak on matters like the economy, you should really speak with data, and I can tell you, without any fear of contradiction, that if you look at the management of the economy under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and compare it to the first term of any government since the Fourth Republic, that is since 1992, the first term, I can tell you in all humility that there is no government in the Fourth Republic that can match the record of achievement of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

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“There is no government, and I challenge anybody to bring any contrary data. Anybody can go and look at the data. The data speaks for itself. You can look at any of the data, and you will see, when you take them in totality, whether you are looking at the macro data, of inflation, exchange rates, interest rates as well as the real sector, social interventions, infrastructure, etc., there is no government in its first term that has been able to match the record of Akufo Addo”.

He listed a few but significant implementations of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s government and courageously asked anyone to challenge his words by providing evidences.

 “For virtually every economic measure, from inflation, to interest rates, exchange rate depreciation, rate of increase of utility prices, social interventions, like free SHS, job creation, infrastructure etc.. the data shows clearly that no government has achieved as much as the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and I challenge anyone to provide any facts to dispute it” the Vice President declared on Thursday 23rd January, 2020.