Stability by itself is meaningless unless it is linked to the total liberation of the pockets of Ghanaians – Dr Bawumia

The NPP Presidential Candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has taken a swipe at the NDC government, describing Ghana’s current economy as a tale of two economies – a paper economy and a pocket economy. Speaking at the NPP’s National Thanksgiving Service at the Church of Pentecost in Sunyani this morning, Dr Bawumia said despite the government’s claim of lower inflation and a stronger cedi, life is still hard for Ghanaians. “As you can all attest, things are not going well.

Things are really hard for the people. And when you ask them what they have done, they will tell you that inflation is down and the dollar is down. The reason we all want inflation and the dollar to go down is because we want it to have a positive impact and make life and the cost of living easier.

But if inflation and the dollar go down and the people are suffering, is that how we want it?” he quizzed. “You cannot have a stable economy with people suffering. The stability should be a way of improving the lives of the people.

So what is the use of the stability they are talking about when the people are suffering?” Farmers, Teachers, Traders Deceived Dr Bawumia questioned who has benefited from the so-called stability, listing a number of sectors he said have been deceived, alongside Ghanaians. They told them they will pay them 6000 cedis per bag. They told cashew farmers to look for land and expand their farms because they will pay them more but that has not happened.

Soybean, rice and maize farmers have all been deceived. Traders are also complaining because people are not buying their goods,” he said. He added that electricity bills, water bills, petrol and transport fares have all increased, worsening the cost of living.

Bawumia accused the government of collapsing Free SHS, failing to cancel double track, failing to cancel the teacher licensure exam, and failing to post teachers automatically as promised. The NPP flagbearer also took on government over galamsey and the 24-hour economy policy. Maybe when they mentioned 1:3:3 they meant galamsey because galamsey has now more than tripled.