Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and NPP flagbearer, has questioned John Mahama’s record of handling fundamental social issues while serving as president and vice president.
Dr. Bawumia, who will take on John Mahama as the NPP flagbearer after winning the election, told raucous fans in Tamale that the former president belongs in the past while he belongs in the future. He was speaking to supporters as part of his homecoming tour of the northern region of the nation.
He emphasized that there are no transformative policies that former President Mahama adopted to address issues during his administration, demonstrating his lack of visionary ideas to advance the nation.
“Between the two of us, only one of us has been President before. That is John Mahama. He was President before. I have only been Vice President. I have not been President before,” Dr Bawumia said.
“He had no solutions to our problems when he was President. When we were suffering under his Presidency, he told us he was a dead goat. A dead goat who had no feelings. Today he wants to resurrect and become a live goat.”
Dr. Bawumia said, suddenly, Mahama is going round pretending he has all solutions to Ghana’s problems but asked which societal problems did he resolve when he was President?
“What solutions did he bring to Ghana? Did he solve the unemployment program? Did he create jobs? Did he tackle corruption? Did he issue Ghana cards? Did he build astro turfs? Did he abolish the three months’ pay policy for teachers? Did he establish Free SHS?” Dr. Bawumia asked.
As Vice President, Dr. Bawumia continued, “I have brought and championed ideas that have brought solutions to many of Ghana’s long-standing problems and that are necessary to transform a country,” despite the fact that he has not yet been elected President.
“We did not have a unique identity, so I championed the government’s policy for the Ghana card. Today we have 17 million people issued with the Ghana card.
“Today, because of my proposal, we have no guarantor for student loan if you have a Ghana card. Today Ghana has a digital property address system because we had a problem of no functional address. Before you could not transfer money between one teleco to another. But today, because of mobile money interoperability, you can transfer money Vodafone to mtn, to Airtel tigo.”
“Before, you could not transfer money between a bank account and a mobile account. Today you can do that. Today, you can renew the National Health Insurance on your mobile phone. Today, you can sit at home and buy electricity credit on your mobile phone. Today we have brought zipline drones and they are delivering medicines to 2700 hospitals and clinics across the country.
“Today, we have one constituency, one ambulance. And another idea I brought is Agenda 111. We are building hospitals in districts without hospitals. Another idea brought Zongo Development Fund and Gold for Oil policy. Today you can acquire driver’s license and passport online. Today you can file your taxes online.”
“We have brought ideas to the table. Ideas is what transform a nation. And you can see as Vice President, what ideas I have brought to the table, which are needed to transform a nation, especially in this era of Fourth Industrial Revolution.”
“What ideas did John Mahama. Can you remember one idea John Mahama brought? Just one! Can you remember? Is it the Guinea fowl flying to Burkina Faso?”
“I am the future, John Mahama is the past,” Dr. Bawumia said to wild cheers from the enthusiastic supporters.
