The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has described Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as an entertainer he enjoys listening to when he wants to be entertained.
“I listen to Bawumia only when I want to be entertained”, Mr John Asiedu Nketia disclosed.
Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia in a speech to address the country on the government’s decision to go to the IMF for a bailout accused the NDC of being partly responsible for the current economic quagmire of the country
“The excess capacity payments of GHC 17 billion related to a legacy of taking or paying contracts that saddled our economy with annual excess capacity charges of close to $1 billion. These were basically contracted to supply energy to Ghana way in excess of our requirements, but we were obligated to pay for the power whether we use it or not. The excess capacity payments include GHC 7 billion of payments for gas resulting from the previous government signing an offtake agreement for a fixed quantity of gas with ENI Sankofa on a take or pay basis which was way in excess of what was needed at the time. Not keeping up with the excess capacity payments would have meant throwing the country back into a new bout of dumsor”, he said.
“We were also confronted with a banking crisis due to the mismanagement of the banking sector. Ghana’s banking system was on the verge of collapse and not dealing decisively with it would have meant disaster for the economy with millions of people losing their savings”, Dr Bawumia added.
However, responding to the Vice President on JoyNews, Johnson Asiedu Nkeia categorically stated that, the Vice President shows no seriousness in his public speeches.
According to the scribe of the NDC, speeches made by the Vice President so far do not have a single sign of seriousness but are just made for entertainment.
Source: Mynewsgh.com
