No Borrowing Debt: Provide Evidence – Bawumia Spokesperson

General News of Monday, June 17, 2019

Source: starrfm.com.gh

2019-06-17

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia's spokesman asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to provide evidence that the economist had promised the NPP not to borrow to develop Ghana when it would be in power.

Over the weekend, the NDC MP for Tamale North read a tweet that would come from the Twitter account of Mr. Bawumia, Vice President of the NPP, then Vice President, indicating that the party Elephant, s & # He had been given the mandate, would never borrow for the development of the country. agenda.

This is a "blatant lie," Bawumia spokesman Dr. Gideon Boako said in a statement released on Monday, June 17, 2019.

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

He therefore challenged Mr. Suhuyini and critics of the Vice President "who has evidence contrary to the support of his arguments".

Below the complete statement:

Alhbadan Suhuyini fabricated Bawumia's supposed tweet that no loan was borrowed

On Saturday, June 15, 2019, during the TV news show Joy News / TV, Newsfile, MP for the Tamale North constituency, Hon. Alhbadan Suhuyini spread a blatant lie by saying that in December 2016, vice-president of the vice presidency, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, had tweeted that the NPP, once elected, would mobilize the country's resources to develop the Ghana without borrowing.

Although other speakers in the series denied this badertion and claimed his contempt, Mr. Suhuyini did not accept the guilt. Yet, when he was questioned, Mr. Suhuyini failed to produce evidence in support of his claim, but instead called international experts in computer to help provide this evidence.

I hope that Mr. Suhuyini, his cohorts of the NDC and all those who like to tell such a lie that Dr. Bawumia has never made tweets or statements during the 2016 campaign period, that the government the NPP would never borrow when elected to power.

I am by this statement challenging Mr. Suhuyini or anyone with evidence to the contrary to argue.

Dr. Bawumia and His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's Government continue to advocate the principle of responsible public spending through an optimal mix of tax revenues, borrowed funds, grants or any other source that is useful for the development of the public. country.

Like the more than 13 billion Cedis borrowed to hold the deposits of more than 1.2 million customers of troubled banks and microfinance institutions, the government will continue to exercise its power discretionary loan to the extent that it remains important, necessary and eligible.

The government is, however, 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 the 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 not exceeding a certain limit of gross domestic product (GDP ) from the country.

Politics is supposed to be a decent game and all actors must communicate with the facts. I urge the media to constantly subject everyone to strong evidence of each and every badertion made.

Thank you.

– Signed –

Dr. Gideon Boako

Vice-President's Spokesperson