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The Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has expressed doubts about the suitability of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the New Patriotic Party (NPP)\u2019s presidential candidate for the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n

Gyamfi asserts that Dr. Bawumia\u2019s leadership has led to the nation\u2019s economic downturn.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Face to Face <\/strong>on Citi TV,<\/strong> with Umaru Sanda Amadu, Sammy Gyamfi labeled the Vice President as \u201cincompetent and corrupt,\u201d holding him and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo responsible for the hardships faced by Ghanaians.<\/p>\n

According to Gyamfi, Dr. Bawumia cannot disassociate himself from the economic turmoil, having played a pivotal role in the administration.<\/p>\n

He criticized Dr. Bawumia\u2019s unfulfilled promises and questioned his economic strategies, given the significant depreciation of the Ghanaian cedi.<\/p>\n

\u201cMates [conductors] are relevant and important, you can be a good driver but with a bad mate you will fail. This mate, Dr Bawumia is a very incompetent, corrupt, clueless mate. And that is why he has failed in the primary responsibilities President Akufo-Addo entrusted in him, which is the management of the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dollar then was GH5, is now GHC13.50pesewas, to the importer what is the use of Bawumia? Where are the strong economic fundamentals, where the concrete roads he promised? Where are the harbours he promised people of Cape Coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why Dr Bawumia can talk like this is because he has no respect for the truth.\u00a0 And he has no respect for the good people of this country. Either than that he should be displaying remorse for the crime he and his boss [President Akufo-Addo] and the entire NPP have committed against the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no sector of this country today, there\u2019s no metrics today which is better today than it was in 2016 when we handed over power to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gyamfi further condemned the government\u2019s performance, highlighting Ghana\u2019s downgrade to a CC credit rating and the increase in inflation and poverty levels under their governance.<\/p>\n

He contrasted this with Mahama\u2019s B- rating and called out the current leadership for their inability to maintain economic stability.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s start with the economy. What was the rate of inflation in 2016 December? 15.4%, what is the rate of inflation today? About 23%, after it rose to 54%. Plunging over 800, 000 Ghanaians into poverty, because the government was so reckless to have impressed on the central bank to print for it GHC45 billion in a single year, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cInflation is far worse today than it was under President Mahama [former]. Under Mahama, our economy was rated B-. Today all the sovereign credit rating agencies Moody\u2019s, Fitch, rate our economy as junk CC and in some cases RD and so on. That is why we have been logged out of the capital market. Under Dr Bawumia\u2019s leadership, our economy was discredited, you can compare.\u201d<\/p>\n

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