Mahama so ruined the economy that he was unable to provide ordinary chalk for schools – Bawumia

Politics of Friday September 25, 2020

Source: Class FM

2020-09-25

John Mahama, as president of Ghana, ruined the economy to the point that his government could not even buy chalk for basic schools, said Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

Speaking to Nimdee FM in Sunyani on Thursday, September 24, 2020, as part of his tour of the Bono region, Dr. Bawumia said that, in contrast to the Mahama administration, which was fraught with economic difficulties, the government of Akufo-Addo has been able to change things. to improve and keep doing more.

Dr Bawumia said: “Mr. Mahama gave Ghana five years of dummors … He messed up Ghana’s economy.”

“His government couldn’t afford a lot of things,” added Dr. Bawumia.

In his view, “Dumsor came about as a result of Mr. Mahama’s mismanagement of the economy.”

“While we were in the opposition, we said that the dummy was a financial problem rather than a technical one,” recalled the vice president.

Again, he noted that the Mahama government “could not pay only GHS 70 million as an allowance for teachers in training and therefore had to cancel it.”

“They also canceled the assignment for nurse practitioners because they couldn’t pay,” he added.

Additionally, Dr. Bawumia said, “Every year, there was an average 45 percent increase in electricity rates under the Mahama administration.”

Taxes, the vice president noted, also continued to rise.

In addition, he recalled that teachers who had worked for three or four years were paid only three months of their arrears.

Dr. Bawumia said that the situation was so bad that even the provision of chalk for basic schools was a problem for the Mahama government.

In the financial sector, Dr. Bawumia said that 82 microfinance companies, including DKM, went bankrupt under the Mahama government because they could not pay depositors.

“While I was in the opposition, I warned that a banking crisis was looming,” said the vice president.

“Now, since 2017, we have changed things for the better,” he said.

“I’m not saying that we have reached 100 percent, but at least a lot of things have changed,” said the vice president.

“Dumsor no longer exists. Subsidies are being paid for teachers and practical nurses. “

“The allocation for Arabic teachers is being paid.”

“The debts contracted with the National Health Insurance Plan have been liquidated.”

“Electricity rates have been reduced.”

“We spend 2.2 billion GHS each year on free upper secondary education, which has allowed 1.2 million students to gain access to second cycle education, although Mr. Mahama said that if he had 2.2 billion GHS he will never spend it on Free SHS, ”Dr. Bawumia said.