Ghana has undergone considerable changes in terms of its economic structure through diversification, by shifting focus on the production of raw materials to value addition, says Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to him, this is a key pillar of Nana Akufo-Addo’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda, which is being implemented through …
Read More »FACT-CHECK: 3 claims by Dr Bawumia at government Town Hall Meeting
Claims: 3 claims about fiscal deficit [2018, 2019] being below 5%, 8 financial institutions that started operations during NDC governments going bust and reducing/abolishing at least 15 separate taxes and levies Source: Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Verdict: One claim false, two others true In 11 months time, Ghana will be heading to …
Read More »Your actual score is 37% – Ayariga to Bawumia
The founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has rated the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government 37 per cent as far as its performance is concerned. According to Mr Ayariga, the current administration has failed on almost all the promises it made to Ghanaians prior to the 2016 …
Read More »We’ve steadied the economic ship, Ghana is on course – Bawumia
The combination of prudent macro-and microeconomic policies and programmes implemented by the Akufo-Addo administration over the last three years has strengthened Ghana’s economy and restored her to the path of economic development. This change in Ghana’s fortunes, which has been acknowledged by the international bodies, was on full display when …
Read More »Mahama has nothing to offer you – Bawumia on NDC’s promise to pay depositors locked-up funds
Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has ridiculed a promise made by former President John Mahama, the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to the effect that should the biggest opposition party win the December 2020 elections, the next Mahama administration would ensure that all locked-up funds of customers who fell …
Read More »Govt to provide free Wi-Fi to high schools – Bawumia
Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the government intends to provide free Wi-Fi to senior high schools and public universities soon. He said plans are far advanced for the first piloting of this policy, this year. Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia who was speaking at the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s ambulance responds rapidly to an accident at Bawumia’s hometown
The ambulances distributed by President Nana Akufo Addo under the One Constituency, One Ambulance initiative has responded rapidly as expected to an accident scene in Walewale of the North -East Region. A Kumasi bound OA bus has been involved in an accident on the Tamale-Bolgatanga Highway. The bus with registration …
Read More »Government’s initiatives are not slogans but policies – Bawumia
Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that government’s initiatives, were not slogans but policies implemented to benefit Ghanaians. He said the programmes, such as the One District One Factory (1D1F), Planting for Food and Jobs and Free Senior High School, were all policies put in place to protect …
Read More »Shelter, school for street children coming – Bawumia
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the government has secured a piece of land to build a shelter and school for street children in the national capital. “Land has been provided by the government through the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for the construction of accommodation and a school for street …
Read More »You couldn’t arrest the cedi with your 170 questions after all? – ‘Cedi police’ Bawumia ‘mocked’
It was challenge after challenge to the National Democratic Congress, from the camp of the New Patriotic Party. Under the Mahama administration and with the late Kwesi Ammissah Arthur as Vice President and Former Governor of the Central Bank, then Economist, and running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia threw some 170 …
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