The Communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has described the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, as an “unrepentant liar” for claiming that 2.1 million jobs have been created by the Akufo-Addo administration since 2017.
Mr Gyamfi in a post on Facebook, in response to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s claims, said unemployment has almost doubled from 8.4% in 2016 to 14% as of 2021 and found the comments by the Vice President as a joke.
“Official rate of unemployment has almost doubled from 8.4% in 2016 to 14% as of 2021, according to the GSS. Youth unemployment is at an all-time high. Massive job losses have become the order of the day, due to the economic mismanagement of the Bawumia-led EMT. Yet, our unrepentant liar of a VEEP, claims his government has created 2.1 million jobs. What a joke! The name BAWUMIA will occupy a comfortable place in the Guinness book of lies.”
Sammy Gyamfi
Sammy Gyamfi expressed his disgust at how the minds of the people of Ghana, is being tossed to and fro with lies upon lies.
Bawumia’s Claims Made
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, claimed that the Akufo-Addo-led government has created more sustainable jobs than any government in Ghana’s history. Addressing party supporters at Mpraeso after a health walk on Saturday morning, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said the government has created 2.1 million jobs since 2017.
Addressing party supporters at Mpraeso after a health walk Saturday morning, Dr Bawumia said the government has created 2.1 million jobs since 2017.
“During the NDC administration, there were no jobs, they created unemployment, they were not creating jobs, we had the graduate unemployed association, they were creating unemployment but I’ve been looking at the data lately and NPP, we have created 2.1 million jobs. 975, 000 are in the private sector, 1.2 million in the public sector, this is verifiable and identifiable data which is available. NDC they were creating unemployment but we’ve created jobs.
“We are not done yet because there are more jobs for us to create. But when it comes to job creation, no government since Independence has created more jobs than the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, anybody can challenge me and I will provide the data. Every department, we can show progress for this country, but we want to go further, we can get to the promised land. We can be a Dubai, we can be a South Korea, we can be a Singapore, it is possible.”
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
Meanwhile, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, also called on Ghanaians to continue to have faith in the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government, as measures are being put in place to revive the ailing economy.
Addressing party faithful after a health walk through the principal streets of Mpraeso, Mr. Kodua said the NPP is the only party capable of resolving the current economic crisis.
“Akufo-Addo has stated that the NPP has the men to turn the economy around. We are confident that by the end of the year, the economy will be in good shape. We just need your support because the alternative is worse, it is empty and hopeless.”
Justin Frimpong Kodua
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