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Suhuyini fabricated Dr Bawumia's 'no borrowing' Tweet - Spokesperson

By Mutala Yakubu
Alhassan Suhuyini is Tamale North MP
Alhassan Suhuyini is Tamale North MP
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Spokesperson to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has moved swiftly to deny claims by member of Parliament for the Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Suhuyini that prior to the 2016 elections then running mate Bawumia tweeted that the NPP Party, when voted into office, will harness the resources of the country to develop Ghana ’without borrowing’.

Mr Suhuyini who made these claims on Joy FM's Newsfile on Saturday, June 15, 2019, saw it challenged by Editor in chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper Kweku Baako.

The office of the Vice President responded by saying the said account that tweeted did not belong to Dr Bawumia but rather a fake account.

The spokesperson to Dr Bawumia Dr Gideon Boako in a long release says Mr Suhuyini communicated falsehood to the general public.

Below is the release

I wish to place on record to Mr. Suhuyini, his NDC cohorts and all those who take delight in communicating such falsehood that Dr. Bawumia never made any tweets or statements during the 2016 campaign period that the NPP government would never borrow if voted to power.

I am by this statement challenging Mr. Suhuyini or anyone who has evidence to the contrary to adduce same.

Dr. Bawumia and the government of His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo still stand by the principle of responsible public expenditure financing through the optimal mix of tax revenues, borrowed funds, grants or any other sources useful to the development of the country.

Like the over 13 billion cedis borrowed to save the deposits of over 1.2 million customers of distressed banks and microfinance institutions, the government will continue to exercise its discretion of borrowing insofar as it remains important, needful and permissible.

Government is however mindful of the need to ensure debt sustainability, judicious use of borrowed funds, and the productivity that must come with such funds. It is in the light of this that this government has taken the painstaking efforts to avert the mistakes of the past and passed the fiscal responsibility act to constrain government borrowing not to exceed a certain limit of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Politics is supposed to be a decent game and all actors therein must communicate with facts. I urge the media to constantly put everyone to strict proof for every claim made.


Thank you.

—— Signed ——
Dr. Gideon Boako
Spokesperson to the Vice President

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