“Look at the Data Before You Speak” – Bawumia Responds to Mahama
The Vice President says, Mahama is ill-informed about the true state of Ghana's economy
Jonas Danquah 
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has chided ex-president, John Mahama, accusing him of being ill-informed about the true state of the country’s economy.
Dr. Bawumia opined that, the former President must be abreast with the right data on the country’s economy before running commentary that set him up for embarrassment.
Speaking at a media interaction after a COVID-19 response team meeting on Monday, the Vice President said Mahama’s comments about Ghana’s economy being in shambles should be disregarded.
“My humble advice to former President John Mahama is [that he should] take a look at the data, this is not green book data. Take a look at the data before you speak, otherwise, you will end up embarrassing yourself. When it comes to the data, it has been very clear; in agricultural growth, we have performed better; industry growth, we have performed better; inflation, we have performed better, on interest rate, we did perform better; exchange rate depreciation, we have performed better. That is the data.
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The Vice President indicated that despite the heavy toll the Coronavirus pandemic has taken on the country’s economy, the government’s policy programmes and plans are still in progress.
He said statutory payments were still being made while road contracts are still ongoing.
John Mahama in a Facebook interaction session last week, said the much-hyped economy by the governing New Patriotic Party has failed the test of time as it is currently in shambles a month after the Coronavirus outbreak.
The former President said the current economy is struggling because it was built on propaganda.
Mahama’s comment has already triggered a response from the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who stressed that the economy is resilient and can afford the many interventions and programmes the government is rolling out amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana.
