Kweku Baako faces Ato Forson. . . Says Veep's numbers have more credibility | Policy

The editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako Jnr. has sided with the vice president Mahamudu Bawumia in the figures indicated by the latter at a public meeting organized by the economic management team.

Mr Bawumia said that "the budget deficit has dropped significantly, from 6.8% of reconstituted GDP in 2016 to around 3.8% in 2018.

However, Cbadiel Ato Forson, former deputy finance minister, in a speech delivered by the National Democratic Congress (NEC), said the Vice President's figures were wrong.

But at the Joy Newsfile program on Saturday, Kweku Baako said that Ato Forson, also a member of Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, was mischievous.

According to him, his checks "justify what the Vice-President said. He did not lie, he told the truth. . . According to Ato Forson, the official data of the Ministry of Finance clearly indicate that the overall deficit at the end of 2016 was 7.8% of GDP; it's wrong. . . they are official figures; this can not be disputed. Mr. Ato Forson went to take a picture; an interim result from the Ministry of Finance website to project its course. . . The truth is that the numbers provided by the vice-president were absolute and that's what is written. "

According to him, with regard to the controversies surrounding the credibility of the figures, "the figures of the vice-president have more credibility".