Vice Chairman of the Bawumia Manifesto Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has accused the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama of exploiting citizens' economic concerns without providing any substantive solutions.
This follows Mahama's challenge to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to respond to five critical economic questions instead of deflecting with "50 irrelevant counter-questions" and a debate challenge.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Thursday, October 2024, Oppong Nkrumah challenged Mahama to present actionable solutions to address the pressing economic challenges, arguing that a debate would allow Ghanaians to evaluate which candidate has viable plans for the nation. "Mahama is going around the country shouting that the cost of living is high and inflation has gone to 54% and we all know the global cost of living is high and any class 4 boy who picks a phone and googles global cost-of-living crisis will get answers to why the cost of living has gone up all over the world including Ghana. "But if you look into our manifesto and if you listen to Dr Bawumia, he has proposed solutions to the cost of living, solutions to transport fares, energy prices, and fuel prices.
Mahama is going around the country, capitalizing on people's genuine concerns about these things and he has not offered a single solution. "Dr Bawumia wants to sit down with him, debate and say to him in the face 'These are the causes of the high cost of living and these are my solutions where are your solutions beyond going around and reciting rhymes like he is doing on the campaign trail," he stated.