{"id":118641,"date":"2023-11-10T15:50:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/10\/why-present-a-person-responsible-for-our-economic-woes-lydia-forsn-tackles-npp-over-bawumia-choice-as-flagbearer\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T15:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:50:07","slug":"why-present-a-person-responsible-for-our-economic-woes-lydia-forsn-tackles-npp-over-bawumia-choice-as-flagbearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/10\/why-present-a-person-responsible-for-our-economic-woes-lydia-forsn-tackles-npp-over-bawumia-choice-as-flagbearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why present a person responsible for our economic woes?- Lydia Forsn tackles NPP over Bawumia choice as flagbearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has come under heavy fire from Ghanaian actress and social commentator Lydia Forson for selecting Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as their flagbearer for the 2024 elections in spite of his obvious flaws.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The well-known social critic and filmmaker recently tweeted her confusion at the NPP\u2019s choice of Bawumia, who is commonly thought to be a member of the economic management group that caused Ghana\u2019s economic crisis, on Thursday, November 9.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Forson claims that the NPP\u2019s selection of Bawumia demonstrates either their ignorance or their audacity in fielding a candidate who, in collusion with Akufo-Addo, has brought great suffering to the Ghanaian people.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Forson questioned the decision, stating, \u201cThe NPP\u2019s selection of Bawumia as their flag-bearer is incredibly intriguing to me. How can they present a candidate whom many people believe is involved in the current economic crises we\u2019re experiencing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NPP making Bawumia their flag-bearer is so intriguing to me.<\/p>\n<p>How are you presenting a candidate people believe to be a part of the current economic crises we\u2019re facing?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s giving \u2018delulu\u2019or bold.<\/p>\n<p>Either way I can\u2019t wait to see the showdown in 2024,should be interesting<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 miss forson (@lydiaforson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lydiaforson\/status\/1722565039859621914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has come under heavy fire from Ghanaian actress and social commentator Lydia Forson for selecting Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as their flagbearer for the 2024 elections in spite of his obvious flaws. 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