John Dramani Mahama, former President of Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nFormer President John Dramani Mahama has suggested that the NPP government\u2019s claims that it is managing the economy effectively are merely propaganda, insisting that the current administration\u2019s \u2018lies\u2019 will be exposed by the realities of the lives of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mahama, in a brief speech at the end of a public lecture on the state of Ghana\u2019s economy, touted his government\u2019s achievements during their tenure, adding that the NDC had capable people managing the economy.<\/p>\n
Mahama also mounted a strong defence of his former appointees, some of whom addressed the event earlier on Thursday.<\/p>\n
They included former deputy Finance Minister, Mr. Cassiel Ato Forson; Madam Mona Quartey; Former Energy Minister, John Jinapor, and Ketu South MP, Fiifi Kwetey who all challenged the proclamations made about the state of the country\u2019s economy by members of the Economic Management Team, including the Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Giving the vote of thanks as the leader of the NDC, Mr. Mahama reiterated comments he made last year while addressing delegates of the NDC in the Northern Region, during his campaign to lead the NDC into elections 2020.<\/p>\n
He said; \u201cYou can do all the lies and the propaganda of the economy you like, the reality of the people\u2019s lives will expose you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Mahama also touted the economic credentials of Mr. Isaac Adongo, the main speaker for the lecture.<\/p>\n
The NDC\u2019s flagbearer also had high praise for the former Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.<\/p>\n
\u2018Ghana hasn\u2019t hit IMF targets\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
Ghana exited the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme without achieving its objectives, Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo said<\/p>\n
Mr. Adongo said this while commenting on Ghana\u2019s current economic challenges at the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe country you left in safe hands is about to enter the international lottery. The country at this point in time is at a cross roads. We are confronted with a very severe fiscal environment that is creating a quagmire for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe IMF at a point got fed up with us. We had come to a point where we have left the IMF without achieving the objectives of the IMF programme. As a matter of fact the IMF at a point got tired of us \u2026 The risk of it all is that the managers of the economy do not seem to know where we are and that is a bigger problem,\u201d Mr. Adongo said at the party\u2019s public lecture.<\/p>\n
In view of these challenges, Mr. Adongo expressed the hope that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will return to save Ghana \u201cfrom the mess.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stop Bawumia from commenting on economic issues \u2013 Ato Forson to Nana Addo<\/b> <\/p>\n
Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, also speaking at the event, called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to, with immediate effect, ban his Vice, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia from speaking on matters of the economy.<\/p>\n
According to him, the constant and persistent fall of the Ghana cedi must be attributed to what he terms misguided comments by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the NDC public lecture on Ghana\u2019s economy, Ato Forson accused Dr. Bawumia of falsifying facts and figures, insisting that any time Dr. Bawumia makes a speech on the economy, the local currency depreciates.<\/p>\n
He insisted that the only viable way to save the cedi is for President Akufo-Addo to gag the Chairman of the Economic Management Team, Dr. Bawumia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will urge the President to restrain his Vice President because anytime he speaks the currency moves. You heard him talk about the likes of the judiciary and the court systems. What has that got to do with the economic management team? He had nothing to say. He was just playing with numbers. And again, you know him and his credentials of lying with numbers.You could see lies. Our worst is better than your best and you say \u2018boot for boot\u2019? This one is more like boot for chalewote\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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play video<\/span>John Dramani Mahama, former President of Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n