{"id":241982,"date":"2024-10-30T10:31:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/bawumia-pushes-mahama-for-debate-fires-back-with-50-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T10:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:31:11","slug":"bawumia-pushes-mahama-for-debate-fires-back-with-50-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/bawumia-pushes-mahama-for-debate-fires-back-with-50-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia Pushes Mahama For Debate, Fires Back With 50 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with John Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has thrown down the gauntlet, challenging his counterpart, former President John Mahama, to a one-on-one debate.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after John Mahama running from a debate but came out with five questions to Dr Bawumia regarding Ghana\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the latest development, Dr Bawumia described former President Mahama\u2019s questions as \u201cflimsy\u201d and an attempt to avoid a debate.<\/p>\n<p>He then proceeded to ask Mahama 50 questions, tackling various aspects of his presidency, including economic management, social interventions, and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Economic Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of the questions posed by Bawumia include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Can you name any broad-based social intervention policy implemented during your presidency?<br \/>\u2013 Why did you run advertisements against free SHS?<br \/>\u2013 How come Ghana experienced over four years of Dumsor under your government?<br \/>\u2013 Why did the banking system almost collapse under your government?<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure Development<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bawumia also questioned Mahama\u2019s infrastructure record:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Why did your government construct fewer roads than our government?<br \/>\u2013 Why did your government construct fewer hospitals, schools, and fish landing sites?<br \/>\u2013 Why did your government fail to provide adequate sanitation facilities and waste recycling plants?<\/p>\n<p>Social Interventions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additionally, Bawumia asked:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Why did you cancel teacher training allowances and nursing training allowances?<br \/>\u2013 Why did the National Ambulance service collapse under your government?<br \/>\u2013 What help did your government provide to children suffering from cancer, sickle cell patients, and people needing kidney dialysis?<\/p>\n<p>Mahama had earlier asked Bawumia five questions, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Why has the cedi depreciated from GHC 4 to $1 in 2016 to almost GHC 17 to $1 today?<br \/>\u2013 Why has Ghana\u2019s public debt risen from GHC 120 billion in 2016 to GHC 763 billion in 2024?<br \/>\u2013 Why did inflation rise to 54% under Bawumia\u2019s watch as Economic Management Team (EMT) chair?<\/p>\n<p>The debate challenge and subsequent questioning highlight the intensity of the presidential campaign in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with John Mahama \u00a0 The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has thrown down the gauntlet, challenging his counterpart, former President John Mahama, to a one-on-one debate. 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