Former Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea has said Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr.

Mahamudu Bawumia cannot be blamed for decisions taken by President Akufo Addo.

Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Asaasepa Radio, monitored by GhanaWeb, the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, said Dr.

Bawumia can only go as far as offering advice to President Akufo-Addo on how the country, especially the economy should be run, adding that the final authority rests with the President. "The NDC wishes that we had a vice president like Ackaah, who fought with then President Rawlings, but God did not allow that to happen.