Miracles Aboagye, the spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, to man up and debate Dr. Bawumia if he wants answers to his five questions on the economy.

John Mahama has called out Dr. Bawumia to answer the five questions on the economy he posed to him and desist from hiding behind some 50 questions and a debate to avoid the questions. 

Mr. Mahama emphasised that a debate was unnecessary for Dr. Bawumia to address these questions, which he believes are crucial for Ghanaians.

Speaking at a rally at Savelugu in the Northern Region on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Mahama called out the Vice President for running away from the issues by responding with 50 questions, likening it to a kindergarten kid reciting a newly learned rhyme. 

He stressed that the economy was the central concern in this election, referencing Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign phrase, "It's the economy..."

“I woke up this morning and saw 50 questions to me, but it looks like the Vice President has just learnt those things in his 50 questions, like the way we learnt rhymes because I asked you five simple questions on the economy, that’s all, simple questions Ghanaians want you to answer, and you go to respond with how many composite plants did you build? How many of these did you build? But that is not the issue in Ghana today.

“Let me take you down memory lane. In 1992 there was an election in America; it was between Bill Clinton and George Bush senior. At that time the American economy was in recession the way the Ghanaian economy is in crisis today, and people were talking about immigration and all kinds of useless things. You know what the Clinton people said, it’s about the economy." 

“Today I am repeating those words; this election is about the economy... it’s not about all those other useless things about who built how many compost plants.

“Answer the five simple questions,” he said. 

But Miracles Aboagye, in an interview on Joy FM monitored by GhanaWeb, reiterated that if Mr. Mahama seeks answers, he should face Bawumia in a debate.

"Who made him the examiner, especially when he was first requested to do the people of Ghana the honour to debate on a neutral platform like the IEA and debate with Dr, Bawumia, and he has been running away. How do you run away from a debate and go and stand on the fringes, and then you are asking questions? Come and face Dr. Bawumia and ask him the questions right in his face in a debate."

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