{"id":604986,"date":"2019-04-04T11:52:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T11:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  4 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n2019-04-04\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/43"},"modified":"2019-04-04T11:52:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T11:52:13","slug":"bawumias-town-hall-presentation-mediocre-ato-forson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/04\/bawumias-town-hall-presentation-mediocre-ato-forson\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia\u2019s Town Hall presentation mediocre \u2013 Ato Forson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  4 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/43890205.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bawumia Speaks3\" title=\"Bawumia Speaks3\" width=\"295\" height=\"156\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former deputy Finance minister Cassiel Ato Forson has described the presentation on the government\u2019s performance on the economy by the Vice President as mediocre.<\/p>\n<p>He said Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was short on substance in the presentation because all necessary information on the economy had been given by the Finance minister Ken Ofori Atta in Parliament earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched the presentation by our Vice President and I find it mediocre, in fact it\u2019s mediocrity at its height. He was out staged by the finance minister in parliament so he had virtually nothing to say,\u201d he told Starr News Ibrahim Alhassan after the Town hall meeting by the Economic Management Team of government.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bawumia who heads President Akufo Addo\u2019s Economic Management Team gave an account on the wobbly performance of the cedi and the outlook of the country\u2019s macroeconomic indicators.<\/p>\n<p>He used the platform to announce a 50% reduction on import duties at the ports and 30% reduction on vehicle import.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed \u201cour worst is better than your best and you say \u2018boot for boot\u2019? This one is more like boot for chalewate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He has challenged the NDC to provide data to prove the economy is on a nosedive. He said the economy is on a sound footing with credible data available to support that claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are based on credible data and let anyone who disagrees bring his data,\u201d Bawumia served notice in his presentation dubbed: \u201cOur progress, Our status, Our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, statistics available indicate the economy is performing better than previous governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInflation has dropped from a high of 15.4% at the beginning of last year to 9% this year,\u201d Bawumia noted adding, \u201cLending rates are also falling from 32% to 22$.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 4 April 2019 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2019-04-04 Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Former deputy Finance minister Cassiel Ato Forson has described the presentation on the government\u2019s performance on the economy by the Vice President as mediocre. He said Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was short on substance in the presentation because all necessary information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bawumia\u2019s Town Hall presentation mediocre \u2013 Ato Forson - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/04\/bawumias-town-hall-presentation-mediocre-ato-forson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bawumia\u2019s Town Hall presentation mediocre \u2013 Ato Forson - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Thursday, 4 April 2019 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2019-04-04 Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Former deputy Finance minister Cassiel Ato Forson has described the presentation on the government\u2019s performance on the economy by the Vice President as mediocre. 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