The Cape Coast South Member of Parliament for the National Democratic Congress Patriotic Party (NDC), Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan, has slammed the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for failing to manage the country’s economy, describing him as a “theoretical economist.”
According to him, Dr. Bawumia, who was viewed as the NPP’s economic Messiah prior to the 2012-2016 electioneering year, has now stopped giving lectures on Ghana’s economy after contributing to the country’s economic challenges.
Mr. Ricketts-Hagan stated in an interview on TV XYZ’s “Gumbe Show” that, because there was nothing positive about Ghana’s sinking economy, Dr. Bawumia has shifted his focus to pursuing digitization rather than sticking to his area of expertise in economics, as trumpeted by the government.
“Ghana’s economy is in total shambles under the supervision of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia,” he added.
He stressed that, from what has been witnessed so far by the much-tuated economic wizkid, there is no denial of the fact that Dr. Bawumia has mismanaged Ghana’s economy.
The MP placed Ghana’s present economic woes, epitomized in the extreme untold hardship facing Ghanaians, right at the doorstep of the NPP by Dr. Bawumia.
He stated that in the midst of plenty of economic lectures, Dr. Bawumia is still not doing anything practical to deliver the citizenry from the economic hardship currently experienced by Ghanaians.
“Dr. Bawumia can be a good economics lecturer at the university, but putting that knowledge into practice is a big problem.”
“Now it is prudent for Dr. Bawumia to answer my 230 economic questions posed to him because I’ve listened attentively to Bawumia Town Hall speeches prior and found a number of issues he raised quite disturbing and factually inaccurate,” he added.
He said that since the NPP took power from the NDC for the past 7 years, the economy has been mismanaged by Dr. Bawumia, thus deepening the economic woes of Ghanaians.
Mr. Hagan urged Ghanaians to rally behind John Mahama and the NDC to rescue the country from misery and build a country of prosperity for all.
Mr. Hagan, therefore, charged all meaningful Ghanaians throughout the country to vote for John Mahama come 2024 so as to secure a smooth victory for the NDC in the 2024 general elections.