A member of the National Democratic Congress, Dan Abodakpi, is insisting Dr Mahamudu Bawumia gives a forthright disclosure on how much was spent on Ghana’s redenomination in 2007, despite official figures from the Bank of Ghana.
Although the Bank of Ghana had as far back as November 2007 stated the redenomination of the country’s currency cost 66.2 million dollars, President Mahama at a campaign rally Tuesday said he was unaware of how much it cost and challenged the New Patriotic Party running mate to tell Ghanaians the cost of the exercise.
But Dr Bawumia in a Facebook response said the president’s question suggests he is “poorly briefed”, and that if indeed he wants to know, he could have ask his vice, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur who was the Governor of BoG at the time.
“Such petty propaganda should be beneath someone of the stature of a President. It is clear he is very poorly briefed, but when a President decides to join the bandwagon of propaganda, he only ends up embarrassing himself,” Dr Bawumia said.
But Dan Abodakpi told 3FM he believes the debate over the issue is not conclusive, saying, “If a direct question is put to him [Bawumia], one would expect that he would just give a forthright answer.”
He told Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah on 3FM’s Midday news Wednesday that it is not enough for Dr Bawumia to say “the former governor [Amissah-Arthur] was there so we should just get the information from him” When the host averted his mind to the fact that the Bank of Ghana has made public the amount spent on the exercise, the former Member of Parliament for Keta claimed he was unaware.
“I am not aware of those figures that you are telling me and so, one would just expect that he would just provide a direct response to it… How many Ghanaians know that answer that he has given…we will have to investigate it,” he said
Source: 3news.com
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NDC IS LOOSING PAA OOOO.
OLUMAN BUGEY, YOU BETTER STOP TALKING. WHEN WE STARTED SHOUTING ON THE ROOF TOPS THAT BAWUMIAH, KUFFOUR AND THE NPP ARE DEFRAUDING GHANAIANS YOU ALL KEPT TIGHT LIPPED, EVEN IN THE FACE OF VICIOUS PERSECUTIONS. SOME OF YOU ARE SO DISPICABLE. WE WERE YOUR ENEMIES DURING THAT TIME. YOU GAVE US UP, BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THAT SHORT STINT IN NSAWAM EARNED YOU THAT RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES WE THOUGHT SOME OF YOU WERE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT GARGANTUAN FRAUD PERPETRATED BY THE NPP. YES,,,, ALL THE ANSWERS ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL BUT WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT WHEN YOU WIN POWER??? EVEN THE CRIMINALS YOU ARE DEALING WITH KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE NO TEETH TO BITE, SO IS IT ANY WONDER, THEY CALL YOU INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT? I FEEL LIKE CONVULSING HEARING YOU TALK. BECAUSE YOU ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM AKUFFO ADDO, KUFFOUR AND CO..... BUT FOR JJ,,,, AND SOME QUALITIES YOU POSSESS THAT THE PARTY COULD NOT DO WITHOUT,,, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIN. THANKS TO THE ETERNAL.
Look at the ex-convict trying to get noticed. Was Dr Bawumia the Governor of Bank of Ghana? The Bank of Ghana is still in existence and you can ask the Bank to account and not ex-employee who was not the Head of the Bank. This guys do not read and when they read they do not understand.This ex-convict is trying to say that Dr Bawumia owns the bank and he was the Governor and Chair of the Board. Did this guy who has been a Minister really understand the mechanisms of corporate governance? I doubt.
Mr ex convict so as at ur age u still cant think for urself, Bawumia was the deputy governor so ask the governor instead cos that will be the best or better still u can ask amissah Arthur to help u in order to make things easy. Give us a full disclosure of the land u got at tema and the house at comm 11. shame on all propaganda in NDC, after 8yrs u now demand to know about redenomination
Lol ex convict fo) wo krom!!!.. Read ooo Read boss. it will help u.
Is this a matter of concern at this time. President Mahama has all the power to investigate this issue since 2008 when they came to power so why now. Why didn't he asked Amissah Arthur who was governor at the time. Is it incompetence or like Bawumiah said "the President does not read"???. This simply implies Mahama is not ontop of his duties as a President hence his incompetence. you even have majority in Parliament to call for investigation into this issue if it so much bother you and important to set the records straight. SO WHO IS A LIA_AR OR TELLING LIES HERE??? NDC or NPP. Definitely the NDC are not telling Ghanaians the truth.
ABODAKPI, I THOUGHT YOU'VE LEARNT YOUR LESSON! COME OUT WITH FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE HOUSE YOU FORCIBLY TOOK AWAY FROM THE CHILDREN OF THE LATE BRIGADIER AT COMM 11?WE KNOW ALL THIS AND TIME WILL TELL.
This ex-convict failed to use the prison library to read about the rede nomination which what old criminals do in prison. Abodakpi how much did you pay for the land you got at Tema community 9 ? Cr00ked ex con
I cannot understand the Ndc campaign strategy. They must change direction or they will lose miserably. Why ask for this now after 8 years. I am surprised. All in the name of politics. This is not 2008. Ndc must stop setting the record straight and all the propaganda. Ndc is in power. Wake up ndc.
Bawumia will not give a direct answer because the question is asked the wrong person. I expect a big institution like the Bank of Ghana to have proper books/records so the current governor should be able to tell us. Granted that the current Governor do not know, the Governor at the time is the appropriate person. Bawumia was a deputy governor and therefore did not have direct responsibility. In any case, the President, if he suspects a foul play has all the power to institute investigations into the matter. We will not allow elderly people like Abodakpi who should know better to make any statement at all and go scot free. Abodakpi come again Sir.