Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the running mate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), ruffled feathers on Thursday when he delivered a lecture on "The state of the Ghanaian economy: A foundation of concrete or straw".

The event was attended by several NPP bigwigs, including former President John Agyekum Kufour and NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo.

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

Dr Bawumia painted a bleak picture of the economy in his speech at the National Theatre on Accra.

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

The former Bank of Ghana governor said the economy had been mismanaged under the leadership of John Mahama.

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

Dr Bawumia said Ghana’s debt to GDP ratio has increased from 32% in 2008 to 72% as at the end of 2015 while the cedi has depreciated from GH¢1.2 to the dollar in 2009 to GH¢ 3.95.

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

He said the government had borrowed $39 billion dollars in the last eight years with nothing to show for it.

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and wife, Samira
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

Dr Bawumia said Ghana’s minimum wage, in dollar terms, had declined from $2.12 in 2008 to $2.02 in 2016 under President Mahama's leadership.

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

According to him, the NPP increased per capita income by $826 during its term, but the NDC, with twelve times more resources, has increased per capita income by only $215.

Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture
Photos from Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture

Dr Bawumia added that late the President Atta Mills' handling of the economy was far better than Mahama's.

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