{"id":127164,"date":"2023-12-04T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/bawumia-didnt-know-the-buck-stops-with-the-president-when-he-said-he-had-arrested-the-dollar-adongo-asks\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T12:43:09","slug":"bawumia-didnt-know-the-buck-stops-with-the-president-when-he-said-he-had-arrested-the-dollar-adongo-asks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/bawumia-didnt-know-the-buck-stops-with-the-president-when-he-said-he-had-arrested-the-dollar-adongo-asks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia didn\u2019t know the buck stops with the President when he said he had arrested the Dollar? \u2013 Adongo asks \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bolga Central Member of Parliament\u00a0<strong>Isaac Adongo<\/strong>\u00a0has said a comment by the\u00a0Majority\u00a0Leader\u00a0Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu\u00a0that Vice President Dr Mahamudu\u00a0Bawumia\u00a0cannot be blamed for the economic challenges because the buck stops with the President, cannot be accepted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He says\u00a0Dr Bawumia\u00a0knew that the buck stops with the President, but went ahead to assure Ghanaians that the free-fall of the\u00a0Cedi\u00a0had been controlled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou went out and told them that you had arrested the dollar, you didn\u2019t know that the buck stops with the President?\u201d the Ranking Member on Parliament\u2019s Finance Committee told\u00a0Keminni Amanor\u00a0on\u00a0<em>Hot Issues<\/em>\u00a0on TV3, Sunday December 3.<\/p>\n<p>It is recalled that Osei-Mensah-Bonsu\u00a0defended Vice President Dr Mahamudu\u00a0Bawumia\u00a0against criticisms that he mismanaged the economy as head of the Economic Management Team (EMT).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu indicated that\u00a0Dr Bawumia\u00a0only played advisory roles. \u201cThe buck stops with the President,\u201d he intimated.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with TV3\u2019s\u00a0Keminni Amanor\u00a0on TV3\u2019s\u00a0Hot Issues, the Suame lawmaker said: \u201cThe management of the economy is at the behest of the person who wields executive\u00a0power, the Vice President is only to advise the boss, the buck stops with the boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics including Former President John Dramani Mahama have accused the flagbearer of the\u00a0New Patriotic Party (NPP)\u00a0Dr Bawumia of plunging the economy into difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahama called for the removal of Dr\u00a0Bawumia\u00a0as head of the EMT because he has failed.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier statement welcoming the decision by the\u00a0Akufo-Addo\u00a0administration to head to the\u00a0IMF, Mr Mahama said on Saturday, July 2, 2022 that \u201cPresident\u00a0Akufo-Addo\u00a0must take a bold decision to replace his\u00a0Finance Minister\u00a0immediately with a more assured and competent person who is willing and able to work tirelessly to turn our almost hopeless situation around.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In addition, given his obvious failures, the Vice President must be relieved of his responsibility as Chair of the Economic Management Team to enable the President to reconstitute the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must draw useful lessons from this episode and avoid cheap politicking with the economy; that can only yield the disastrous outcomes that have brought us here,\u201d Mr. Mahama said.<\/p>\n<p>3news.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolga Central Member of Parliament\u00a0Isaac Adongo\u00a0has said a comment by the\u00a0Majority\u00a0Leader\u00a0Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu\u00a0that Vice President Dr Mahamudu\u00a0Bawumia\u00a0cannot be blamed for the economic challenges because the buck stops with the President, cannot be accepted. 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