Alhassan Suhuyini made Bawumia's alleged tweet in "No Borrowing by NPP"

General News on Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-06-18

The vice-president's office denied allegations by Alhbadan Suhuyini, MP for Tamale North, that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in anticipation of the 2016 elections, had tweeted that if the NPP got the power, it would never borrow. .

A statement issued and signed by Vice President Gideon Boako, with a copy to the Ghana News Agency, challenged Mr. Suhuyini or anyone else to produce evidence in support of his request.

"On Saturday, June 15, 2019, during the news badysis show Joy News / TV, Newsfile, Mr. Suhuyini spread a blatant lie, Dr. Bawumia tweeted that the NPP party, once elected, would exploit the resources of the country to develop Ghana without borrowing, "the statement said.

He added that although other speakers in the series denied this claim and called for neglecting it, Mr. Suhuyini did not accept his guilt.

He added that Mr. Suhuyini had not provided evidence in support of his complaint, but rather had called on international computer experts to badist him in providing those elements. of proof.

"I want to point out to Mr. Suhuyini, his cohorts of the NDC and all those who like to tell such a lie that Mr. Bawumia has never made any tweets or statements during the 2016 campaign that the NPP government would never borrow when it was voted to Power.

"I am by this statement defying Mr Suhuyini or anyone with evidence to the contrary to argue it," the statement said.

According to Dr. Bawumia and President Akufo-Addo's government, the principle of responsible public expenditure financing is always based on an optimal mix of tax revenues, borrowed funds, subsidies or any other source that is useful for the development of the country.

As the 13 billion Cedis borrowed to hold the deposits of more than 1.2 million bank customers in distress and microfinance institutions, the government would continue to exercise its borrowing discretion in the extent to which it remains important, necessary and permissible.

"However, the government is aware of the need to ensure debt sustainability, the judicious use of borrowed funds and the productivity that must flow from them.

"It is in light of these elements that the government has made considerable efforts to avoid the mistakes of the past and has pbaded the Fiscal Responsibility Act to limit government borrowing to a certain limit of gross domestic product (GDP). from the country.

"Politics is supposed to be a decent game and all actors have to communicate with facts. I urge the media to constantly subject everyone to strict evidence for every claim made, "the statement said.