Bawumia’s economic lecture was unnecessary, says Jantuah

Kwame Jantuah, the private legal practitioner has said the lecture delivered by the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia last Thursday was needless considering the timing.

Speaking on The Forum on Asaase Radio on Saturday (9 April), Jantuah said the Vice President’s long silence at the beginning of Ghana’s economic challenges did not help matters because the country needed his views and direction as head of the economic management team.

“When we come to this studio, we’ll continue to push him [Dr Bawumia] to talk, if he doesn’t, we have to. He’s the Vice-President, when the President is away who’s next? So, he’s done a lecture, I don’t think the lecture was necessary because he could have done it way before; in terms of adding his voice to the arguments that went on and the discussions.

“Even when the President was interviewed by the BBC, he could’ve added to it, couldn’t he? Right now, the NPP need to build confidence in the people and how they talk and how they act will determine that confidence in the people,” Jantuah said.

More of Bawumia

Also, Jantuah bemoaned the fact that Dr Bawumia did not talk about the contentious electronic transfer levy although Ghanaians were eager to hear from him on that. However, he indicated that the Vice-President should be regularly heard on issues of the economy.

“We wanted him to talk about the E-Levy, we didn’t hear anything about the E-Levy, nothing, he didn’t say anything about the E-Levy. Perhaps he’s taken it that everybody has talked about the E-Levy so it’s not necessary for him to talk about it. But Ghanaians expected him to talk about the E-Levy, but he didn’t.

“So, maybe going forward, now that he’s [Dr Bawumia] broken his silence we would hear more of him. Moving forward, he’s not going back to the closet and not going to keep quiet. He should continue talking,” he said.

Listen to Jantuah in the attached audio below: 

Nichola Brown

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