The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding
answers to its 170 questions on the economy it considers the request for a
debate between its Flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo and President John
Mahama.“We would only debate this president if he [Mahama] is minded to
respond to the 170 questions we had put to before this president about the state
of this country’s economy,” a deputy communications director of the NPP,
Anthony Karbo said on Eyewitness News.
The 170 questions were
laid out by the NPP running mate, Dr, Mahamadu Bawumia during his lectureon the
state of the Ghanaian economy in September which had scathing words for the
governing National Democratic Congress.
President Mahama has since
rubbished such claims as misinformation and has been requesting a fact based
debate with Nana Akufo-Addo to settle issues on the economy among
others.
But Mr. Karbo has said, “We asked this President 170 questions on
this economy; on his leadership as vice President and head of the Economic
Management Team and as the President of the Republic for the last four
years.”
“The President blindly ignores us, refuses to answer these
questions, none of his appointees even responds and yet the President expects a
response from us to a challenge.”
This demand notwithstanding, Mr. Karbo
believes that Ghanaians have already made up their minds at this stage and
debate would do little to change that.
“We don’t believe that this debate
is what will settle the issue. The Ghanaian people have made up their minds
already. They have a fair assessment of all the various candidates going into
this election. The track record of these people will speak to why Ghanaians will
have to make this ultimate but important choice on December 7,” he
said.
He also urged the government to be more preoccupied to accounting
to the citizenry ahead of the polls and not debating the NPP adding that “the
critical issues that Ghanaians must understand before making a decision on
December 7 are ingrained in these 170 questions.” |
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