Henry Kwabena Kokofu, a Senior Campaign Aide to the New Patriotic Party flagbearer, has described as flimsy the five economic questions posed to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia by the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama.

Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo morning show on Thursday, October 31, 2024, Dr. Kokofu chided the NDC flagbearer for using derogatory words against Dr. Bawumia after the NPP flagbearer responded to his five questions with his own set of fifty questions.

“I listened to former President Mahama speak, and he used words like 'stupid' and 'useless' as insults to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia because he gave him five questions and he responded with fifty questions. But if he had taken his time to read his questions, by the time Mahama is done, he would have found the answers to his five questions. We called you for a debate, and you refused to come because you claim you are on a higher level.

“Then you go and sit in the comfort of your room and prepare five questions for your opponent to answer. He says he will respond but take fifty and give answers you rather feel offended. But someone should tell the former president that, yes, he is a senior brother and older than Dr. Bawumia, but he does not possess half of the natural gift he (Dr. Bawumia) has,” he stated.

Former President John Dramani Mahama clapped back at Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for ‘running away from the economy’ again in a recent exchange of questions.

Quoting a line from the Bill Clinton campaign, Mahama said, “It’s about the economy, stupid!”

Mahama's comments were in response to Bawumia’s 50 questions posed to him, following Mahama's initial five questions on the economy.

In a passionate response, Mahama likened Bawumia's response to someone who just learned nursery rhymes and stated that the Vice President's questions were irrelevant to the pressing economic concerns of Ghanaians.

“It looks like our vice president has just learned those things in the 50 questions. The way we used to learn 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and 'Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,' because I asked you five simple questions on the economy.

“Those are simple questions that Ghanaians want you to answer. You go and respond with how many compost plants you built. That is not what the issue is in Ghana.

“Let me take you down memory lane. In 1992, there was an election in America. It was between Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr. At that time, the American economy was in recession the way the Ghanaian economy is in crisis today. And people were talking about immigration, talking about all kinds of useless things. Do you know what the Clinton people said? ‘It is about the economy, stupid!’

“Today I’m repeating those words. This election is about the economy, stupid! It’s not about all those other useless things about who built how many compost plants. Answer the five simple questions!” he said.



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