Ghana’s former Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr Tony Aidoo says Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was really a problem for the NDC to handle in the 2016 election.
According to him, the then vice presidential candidate of the NPP was the Achilles' heel of the NDC despite his flaws in some economic matters.
Dr. Tony Aidoo in his first interview with TV3 after returning from his diplomatic assignment noted that the NDC had no one to match the former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana economic analysis.
He stressed that; the NDC’s communication team must have people with “historical recall” and “administrative memory” to counter Dr Bawumia’s in the next elections."
“What I missed was the inability of the NDC communication team to bring out the facts so as to challenge the comparative analysis that Dr Bawumia was making,” he noted.
“Dr Bawumia was the Achilles’ heel of the NDC. Not only for the 2016 elections but he started way back in 2012,” he added.
Dr. Tony Aidoo however noted that, Dr. Bawumia’s flaws were that “He ignored the fact that for the most part of the Kufuor administration, the eight years was virtually carried by donor financial support. All the social interventions that Kufuor implemented were donor supported.”
" . . At the time our national debt was about 6.8 billion dollars. In effect, our debt-to-GDP ratio certainly dropped sharply so on what grounds can Bawumia compare that an economy that was virtually carried by donor financial support was managed better than an economy that did not have those support?” he sought to know.
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kwami nkrumah did not found ghana , ghana was founded by the BIG SiX , ALL STUDENTS MUST LEARN, FROM GH P
Another BRAGGART and a uless FULL call Tony Aidoo; if you had all these ideas to help counter Dr Bawumia and win the election for the NDC ; why did you stay in Holland and kept quiet because now that horse has bolted away you are attempting to be a gate keeper ; Ghanaians are no FULLS anymore ;today thanks to Nana Addo Ghanaians can see through the good politician and nation wreckers and thiffs .
When HE Dr. Bawumia was making those incisive economic analysis, where was Dr. Tony Aidoo? What stopped him from coming out to counter Dr. Bawumia? He sould not waste our time.
BUT KUFFOUR DID NOT ENJOY OIL ECONOMY, SO WHERE LIES YOUR ARGUMENT. AGAIN WHY CAN'T YOU COACH THEM IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE IDEAS TO COUNTER BAWUMIA? YOU ARE NOW COMING FROM YOUR HUMILIATING DEFEAT SLUMBER!!!!.
Donor do not extend their support to ***barred word*** and corrupt regime.
INSTEAD OF NDC COMMUNICATORS COUNTERACTING ALHAJI BAWUMIA, THEY SPEAK N K W A S E A S E M ON RADIO AND TV AND ON CAMPAIGN PLATFORMS INSULTING BAWUMIA, BECAUSE THEY LACK THE KNOWLEDGE AND THAT IS WHY EVEN NOW THEY DO NOT WANT FREE EDUCATION. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO BE LIKE THEM, VERY NAIVE
As we keep ourselves busy with nonsenss as this the white tives are busy shipping our bauxite and manganese for Free. They ship day and night. And it is worth billions of dollars.
Tony Aidoo you should just say Mahama and NDC are incompetent. That is the conclusion of Ghanaians. You yourself, you are a useeless joker. And you have to prepare for another surprise slap in town just like you got 16 years ago!
So Dr Tony Aidoo if your claim of donors supporting Kuffor's projects, where were those donors before and after Kuffour? It is only when you have good and well managed policies that donors will support you. The donors saw a credible government with good policies in Kuffour's government. When JDM used 3.4 million GHS to brand buses instead of using same amount to even buy more buses do you think donors will support you? Your argument is flawed. In any case who prevented you from countering Dr Bawumia with you claim?
In fact this is an insult to the whole umbrella fraternity. Is this man telling us that there are no intellectuals in the WHOLE NDC party.If so then the party has a big problem.