Samuel Atta Akyea, a Member of Parliament for the Akim Abuakwa South district, has blasted those who blame Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the country’s economic problems.
He recognized that the economy is not in good shape, calling it ‘unkind’ and ‘cruel’ to link economic problems in the Akufo-Addo administration on Dr. Bawumia.
Mr. Atta Akyea maintained that the vice president was playing a major adversarial role, which hindered him from making certain critical choices for the country.
Atta Akyea emphasized the importance of the people voting for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer in the December elections to improve the country’s destiny.
Dr. Bawumia, according to the MP for Akim Abuakwa South, is the best gentleman with’shock absorbers’ who is eager to serve the country.
Ghana has been undergoing an economic crisis for some time, and the government is requesting a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
“This is the first time Ghana is going to have a president who is an economist, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. If the problem of Ghana now and people are talking about its seriousness, I agree to a reasonable extent that the economy is not in its best form. When you have a toothache, do you give it to a carpenter or a dentist? Ghana will be in a safer pair of hands when we bring Dr. Bawumia.
“Ghana is going to get a man with shock absorbers, the finest gentleman, to help us solve a major problem facing us, the economy. He was in a very serious adversary role, which is what people don’t want to see. It’s cruel and vile propaganda for everybody to say that let’s place all the economic woes of Akufo-Addo on Dr. Bawumia. It’s unkind,” Atta Akyea said during an interview on Face to Face, on Citi TV.
He stated that he does not believe the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be able to administer the government’s educational program, free Senior High Schools (SHS), if elected, because they did not start.
“Some people believe that you [NDC] didn’t start free SHS; you might not even know how to continue. And the nation will suffer for it,” he stated.
The Vice President is running for president and will compete against former president and NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama, who is running for reelection.