Acting CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has hit back at former Vice President and NPP flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over his recent comments dismissing the NDC's role in the appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi.
Tameklo described Dr Bawumia's remarks as dishonest and emblematic of the poor performance that led to his loss in the 2024 elections. "When he says he doesn't know what has been done, it is this level of dishonesty that earned him 41% in the 2024 election," Tameklo said, criticising Dr Bawumia's attempt to distance the NDC from any credit for the currency's recent gains. "When you have that kind of scorecard, what you do is to be sober and not to immediately put on a different cloth and begin to pontificate exoteric economic theories immediately." According to Tameklo, Dr Bawumia's tenure as head of the economic management team left a troubling legacy, pointing to the cedi's historic depreciation and skyrocketing inflation under his watch. "You are known to be an economist; your boss Nana Akufo-Addo told us he is bringing you to come and give strength to the cedi.
What happened?
You left at the point where the cedi rose to GH¢17, inflation at a point went to 57%, this is your scorecard," he said.
