The Minority in Parliament has invited Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, to participate in a debate on the 2024 mid-year budget, which was presented by Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam on Tuesday, July 23.
The Minority believes that the debate will provide Dr. Bawumia with an opportunity to discuss his views on the current economic situation and the hardship faced by Ghanaians.
In a press statement issued on Wednesday, July 24, and signed by Deputy Minority Whip Ahmed Ibrahim, it was announced that the debate is scheduled to commence on Thursday, July 25.
The statement emphasised that parliamentary rules allow a sitting Vice President to engage in debates on the floor of the House.
The NDC MPs argue that this debate will allow Dr. Bawumia to account for his role over the past seven and a half years as Chairman of the Economic Management Team and address the impact of his stewardship on the nation’s economy.
“Pursuant to the Vice President’s recent call for a debate on the economy, this invitation presents Alhaji Bawumia an excellent opportunity and forum to debate and account for his stewardship over the last seven and a half years (7.5 years) as Chairman of the Economic Management Team.
The NDC Minority has lined up a crack team of highly knowledgeable and competent members on its side to debate Vice President Bawumia and further expose the abysmal economic performance of his government,” parts of the statement read.
It added that, “For a government that has completely destroyed Ghana’s economy, rendered 33.3% of Ghana’s population extremely poor, and about two million Ghanaians facing acute food and nutrition insecurity, according to the World Bank, and about 35% of Ghana’s youth unemployed (the highest in the Fourth Republic), the Minority finds it bewildering that Alhaji Bawumia still has the audacity to call for a debate on the economy.”
Source:onuaonline.com