Former President, John Dramani Ma­hama, the presiden­tial candidate of the National Dem­ocratic Congress, has asked the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party presidential candidate, to answer questions posed to him.

Mr Mahana said the Decem­ber 7 elections "is about the economy and the Vice President must respond to questions posed to him and stop hiding behind the call for a debate." The former president who is on a campaign tour of the North­ern region, on Monday challenged Dr Bawumia to respond to four of the 170 questions he asked the late vice president, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, in the lead up to the 2016 elections.

In response, Vice President Bawumia posed 50 questions to the former president, and called him to a debate where he would provide the answers.

But, addressing a rally at Save­lugu, on Wednesday, Mr Mahama stated that the Vice President must stop beating about the bush and respond to the questions which bothered on the economy.