With the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) struggling to recover from the damage inflicted on the government by New Patriotic Party (NPP) Running Mate to Nana Akufo-Addo, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur is set to respond and reclaim some of the lost points, as he is set to speak at his own Public Lecture on the theme – “Ghana’s Economy – Separating the truth from fiction”.
An announcement of the event, which was put out first on social media and which the paper has sighted, indicates that Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) and former Presidential Advisor, Ato Ahwoi will be the Chairman for the Public Lecture which is also scheduled for the National Theatre, the same venue for Dr. MahamuduBawumia’s Lecture last week.
The event which will come off exactly a week after Dr. Bawumia’s Lecture titled – The State of the Ghanaian Economy – a foundation of concrete or straw; is advertised to kick off at 1pm.
The Vice-President, KwesiBekoeAmissah-Arthur on Sunday gave the strongest indication that he was arming himself to respond to Dr. MahamuduBawumia, who on Thursday, chronicled a tall list of issues backed with empirical data to show that President John Mahama’s government had been the worst government for Ghana’s economy.
Speaking at an NDC rally in Ashaiman, the Vice-President stated “at the appropriate time, we shall respond in full measure to all the lies that have been told; at the appropriate time, we shall correct him and teach him the things that he doesn’t know but thinks he knows.”
The statement from the Vice-President has already drawn general ridicule from the public who have either mocked his attempt to respond to Dr. Bawumia or indicated that if he has anything to teach, he better spends it on fixing the economy as he is the Head of the Economic Management Team.
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