Bawumia Is More Like An Economic Messi

On Thursday, the 1st of December 2022, NDC MPs turned the serious business of a budget debate into a comedy session when Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, made some jokes at the expense of Vice President Bawumia and an innocent footballer.Adongo, in full rhetorical mode, likened the Vice President to Manchester United captain and England defender, Harry Maguire.Adongo claimed that Bawumia is an ‘economic Maguire’, scoring ‘own goals’.“There’s a player in the United Kingdom in England called Maguire that is playing for Manchester United.

Harry Maguire, he is a defender,” stated Adongo.

Mr speaker, when even the opponents failed to score Maguire would score for them. “You remember in this country we also have an economic Maguire.

The same economic Maguire was giving lectures at university on how to restore the value of the city.

Mr speaker, when we gave this Maguire the opportunity to be at the centre of our defence, he became the risk of our own goal.

Dr Bawumia, our economic Maguire.” Adongo said.Whilst a funny speech – albeit in poor taste – its contents could not be further from the truth.Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Bawumia, has distinguished himself in multiple ways, before and after gaining power.An economic genius – Bawumia has in the past worked as a lecturer in Monetary Economics, and International Finance at the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy in London, England.

He has also served as an economist at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, USA and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA.At the Bank of Ghana, Bawumia was a visionary, working tirelessly to help establish several significant reforms.

The Ghana card and the digital property address system are key to massively widening the tax net and new innovations to the GRA such as a taxpayers app and others are all projected to massively increase domestic revenue generation, providing a lasting solution to an issue that has plagued Ghanaian governments for generations.Hence, whilst the Ghanaian economy is facing challenges – challenges that are hardly unique – the mitigating factors are plentiful and Bawumia has continued to fight through, constantly proposing new, out-of-the-box ideas such as the recent gold for oil policy.In light of all these, Bawumia is hardly an economic Maguire – some might even call him an Economic Messi for completely transforming the Ghanaian economy and society towards a digital world.Funnily enough, whilst Maguire might be having issues at Manchester United, he remains at the centre of England’s defence at the World Cup that has breezed through the group stages.On the greatest stage of all – the World Cup – Maguire is performing at a high level.