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John Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), recently posed five critical questions to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President and presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), regarding Ghana's economic situation.

Mahama chases Bawumia with 5 key questions: 'Tell him he should come and answer them' | Pulse Ghana

Andreas Kamasah

Mahama's questions focus on the current economic challenges, the exchange rate, national debt, high inflation, and Dr Bawumia's emphasis on digitalisation as an apparent solution to the economic crisis.

During a rally with NDC supporters in Tatale, Northern Region, on Monday, 28 October, Mahama referred to a time when Dr Bawumia, as the opposition’s economic spokesperson, questioned then Vice-President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur with a series of 170 questions. Mahama urged Dr Bawumia to uphold similar transparency by addressing the issues he raised.

“He used to give lectures every month about how to run an economy and how to fix the economy,” Mahama stated. “He posed 170 questions to my Vice-President Amissah-Arthur. He should go and answer the 170 questions himself. Indeed, he shouldn’t answer 170 questions. He should answer only three questions.”

Mahama then laid out his questions for Dr Bawumia:

<ol><li>“Why is the exchange rate GH¢17 to the dollar?”</li><li>“Why has Ghana’s debt risen from GH¢120 billion to GH¢767 billion in eight years?”</li><li>“Why did inflation rise to where it is at 54% under your administration for eight years?”</li></ol>

He continued with two additional questions:

4.“Why did you borrow GH¢42 billion from the Bank of Ghana?”

5.“Why has he run away from the economy to digitalisation? He used to be talking a lot about the economy. Today he can’t mention the economy; it’s not in his vocabulary. Anytime he opens his mouth, digitalisation. Come and talk about the economy.”

Mahama concluded, urging Dr Bawumia to respond to these five questions, noting, “Tell him he should come and answer them.”

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Only five (5) questions for Bawumia to answer truthfully. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ResettingGhana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ResettingGhana</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZXDPGBtG4M">pic.twitter.com/ZXDPGBtG4M</a>&mdash; John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDMahama/status/1851225854778441864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Mahama chases Bawumia with 5 key questions: 'Tell him he should come and answer them'

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