Akufo-Addo government does better than Mahama – Baako supports Bawumia

General News of Saturday, April 6, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-04-06

Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, a veteran journalist, said the current government led by President Akufo-Addo had performed better than his predecessor.

Kweku Baako, who measures the state of the economy during the first two years of life of the two regimes, said his health was healthier than today, under the presidency of John Dramani Mahama.

"There is no doubt that the Akufo-Addo administration has done much better than the Mahama administration; It's as simple as that, numbers and records confirm it, "said Baako to the management of the economy by the Akufo-Addo government.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) criticized the government for the recent depreciation of the cedi, calling into question the competence of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who heads the economic management.

On Wednesday, April 2, during a plenary session, Mr. Bawumia defended the management of the economy, especially the local currency, during the last two years during which the New Patriotic Party (NPP) badumed the reign of the government under the direction of Nana. Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia accused the NDC of "plunging Ghana into a fiscal chasm. Due to the poor state of public finances, the weakness of the policies implemented and the lack of credibility of policies, Ghana requested an IMF bailout in August 2014 ".

According to statistics presented by the vice president, the worst depreciation rate under the Akufo-Addo government is 8.4% recorded in 2018 against 9.7% recorded in 2016 under the Mahama government.

"Our worst is better than your best …", he added.

Barely 24 hours later, the opposition party held a forum in front of Bolgatanga MP Isaac Adongo to oppose the figures released by the vice president.

Adongo blamed the government for indiscriminate borrowing and wasting time.

However, speaking on Saturday of the News News badysis program of MultiTV / Joy FM, Kweku Baako subscribed to the position of Mr. Bawumia, who, he said, "did not lie".

He referred to one aspect of the executive report on the National Economic Forum organized by the government in Senchi in 2014, two years after the beginning of the Mahama administration.

In this report, it was recognized that "almost all governments leave with an undesirable macroeconomic situation and that the successful government will spend the next two years bringing the economy back from the brink."

According to the seasoned journalist, Dr. Bawumia and his team have had to use these past two years to clean up the mess created by the Mahama administration "despite all the achievements recorded between 2009 and 2016".

In the realistic context, "Bawumia is correct in saying that they have done better," he noted, after an article-by-article comparison of how the two administrations behaved in terms of management. from the economy, two years to the government.