{"id":256206,"date":"2024-11-27T05:20:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/election-2024-dont-trust-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T05:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:20:22","slug":"election-2024-dont-trust-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/election-2024-dont-trust-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024: Don&#8217;t trust Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b15cc3ba-ab2d-4d27-a3c5-c576244f74d1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto Committee, has urged Ghanaians to approach the promises of the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, with caution.<\/p>\n<p>The former Sports Minister expressed doubts about the feasibility of Bawumia\u2019s key economic proposals, including a flat tax rate, the removal of the e-levy, safeguarding public finances, and expanding road infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Channel One TV\u2019s <em>Face to Face<\/em> with Umaru Sanda Amadu, Ankrah criticized Bawumia for what he described as a pattern of unfulfilled promises, warning that trusting his new commitments could pose risks for the electorate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou believe Bawumia at your own risk and I want Ghanaians to know and recognize that it will be very dangerous for them to believe Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Because this is somebody who has consistently made promises and has not been able to fulfil them. Together with Nana Addo [President], gave a litany of promises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged the voters to dismiss Bawumia, asserting that he would fail to fulfilb his commitments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y2bXox81BZ\">\n<p>\u2018Liars cannot go to heaven\u2019 \u2013 Mahama tells Akufo-Addo on \u2018dumsor\u2019 claim<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c\u2018Liars cannot go to heaven\u2019 \u2013 Mahama tells Akufo-Addo on \u2018dumsor\u2019 claim\u201d \u2014 Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2024\/11\/liars-cannot-go-to-heaven-mahama-tells-akufo-addo-on-dumsor-claim\/embed\/#?secret=Qtjep0zcqA#?secret=Y2bXox81BZ\" data-secret=\"Y2bXox81BZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#GhanaPolls2024<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#CitiVerify<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#ElectionBureau<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No spam, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto Committee, has urged Ghanaians to approach the promises of the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, with caution. The former Sports Minister expressed doubts about the feasibility of Bawumia\u2019s key economic proposals, including a flat tax rate, the removal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Election 2024: Don&#039;t trust Bawumia - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/election-2024-dont-trust-bawumia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Election 2024: Don&#039;t trust Bawumia - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto Committee, has urged Ghanaians to approach the promises of the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, with caution. 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