Political maverick and a stalwart of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has called for the resignation of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his inability to fix the Ghanaian economy.
Dr. Tamakloe said the Vice President gave Ghanaians numerous assurances in opposition and he hasn’t been able to achieve any of those promises in government.
Speaking to Bola Ray on Starr FM, former President of the Ghana Football Association said: “In any civilised society, the first person to have jumped out of the boat is Bawumia….he should go.”
“He made us believe that the money was there and things were going to change when we take over. I had a lot of hope in him but now I’m totally disappointed in him. Unless things turn around by the end of the year, then I can believe him again”, he added.
Recently, Dr. Bawumia and the NPP government have been under fierce criticism from a cross-section of Ghanaians for the increasing cost of living.
However, the Vice President insists the country is on the right path and things are getting better. In a recent lecture in the Northern Region, he said: “If you look at the data you will realize that whilst they (NDC) were borrowing, the debt to GDP ratio was increasing, jumping and ballooning. But while we are borrowing the debt to GDP is declining. So they should take a closer look at the data and come back again.”
“This was confirmed last week by Standard and Poor, a global rating agency which has upgraded Ghana’s ratings, sovereign credit rating from B minus to B with a stable outlook. And, this is the first upgrade that Ghana has received in 10 years. In fact, we should recall that the NPP under President John Agyekum Kufuor left office with Ghana’s rating at B plus. After 8 years of the NDC’s economic management, our ratings went from B plus to B minus”, he added.