{"id":57559,"date":"2023-10-22T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=57559"},"modified":"2023-10-22T18:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:07:31","slug":"did-bawumia-create-covid-19-egyapa-mercer-wonders-as-he-makes-strong-case-for-veep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/did-bawumia-create-covid-19-egyapa-mercer-wonders-as-he-makes-strong-case-for-veep","title":{"rendered":"Did Bawumia create Covid-19? \u2013 Egyapa Mercer wonders as he makes strong case for Veep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Member of Parliament for Sekondi Andrew Egyapa Mercer wonders how anyone will accept that Covid-19 was the reason Ghana\u2019s sterling economy took a downturn after 2019 and yet finds it convenient to associate this \u201cdownturn to having anything to do with the competence of Dr. Bawumia if not for cheap political ends\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cDid Dr. Bawumia create Covid-19? An act of God happens, it ravages economies of the world and you want to blame it on Dr. Bawumia to the extent that you say he has run the economy aground and so he is incompetent. If it is not for the politics of it then I don\u2019t know what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presidential aspirants of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been crisscrossing the country canvassing for votes ahead of the November 4 flagbearer election.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, it will be a two-horse race, one that will be between Vice President Dr. Bawumia and Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Agyapong.<\/p>\n

Topical among the pronouncements of the naysayers of Dr. Bawumia is the fact that his tenure as the head of the Economic Management Team has seen the country\u2019s economic fortunes decline to the extent that some of the presidential aspirants have joined in the \u201ceconomy mismanagement chorus\u201d.<\/p>\n

Andrew Agyapa Mercer recalls several instances where \u201ceven some of the presidential aspirants were on record to have before the party announced the presidential primaries openly admitted and attributed the economic challenge to factors including Covid-19, which was a fact then and a fact now and wonders what has changed\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Connect FM, the Sekondi MP asks of politicians especially those participating in an internal party election to deal with each other with dignity by \u201cfocusing on what you have to offer and not about the vilification of another aspirant\u201d.<\/p>\n

He stresses the point that nobody is running away from the fact that the economy is challenged \u201cbut ask yourself what happened that a country that was doing so well from 2017 to 2020 will all of a sudden start to have a sharp change in its economic outlook.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Mercer bets that Dr. Bawumia will win the elections, stressing that \u201cfor majority of MPs, Ministers and party faithfuls to openly declare their support for DMB tells you a certain mindset\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cA mindset that, it is without a doubt that Dr. Bawumia holds the key to NPP\u2019s electoral success in the 2024 general elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep saying that nobody anywhere called, influenced or induced me or any of the government officials I know who are following Dr. Bawumia to do so. It is a simple matter of coming to the realisation that DMB is the one ordained to help us break the 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I will implore all delegates to let their votes reflect the mood of the party. And I strongly believe what we all want is Dr. Bawumia as our 2024 flagbearer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: 3News.com<\/b><\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Member of Parliament for Sekondi Andrew Egyapa Mercer wonders how anyone will accept that Covid-19 was the reason Ghana\u2019s sterling economy took a downturn after 2019 and yet finds it convenient to associate this \u201cdownturn to having anything to do with the competence of Dr. Bawumia if not for cheap political ends\u201d. 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