Mr. David Zekpah, a political analyst, has taken a swipe at Dr. Bawumia, the Vice President and Flag Bearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for clinching on COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War as main reasons for
In a portion of one of his articles titled “BAWUMIA’S PRESIDENCY: A VISION SWAMPED IN INTEGRITY CRISIS & NAÏVE MERITOCRACY“ Mr. David Zekpah said Dr. Bawumia’s well-wishers hoped and earnestly prayed for him to not take the easy bait and temptation to employ the frail veils of the Covid19 and Russia-Ukraine narrative as a defense mechanism for a woeful economic management.
However, “as the government’s favourite go-to hiding place, and with the reflex of muscle-memory, he run straight to the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine sanctuary for safekeeping.”
He noted that for a presidential manifesto that lasted more than two hours, post-humous analysis is inevitable and very important to give life to the issues.
According to him, it is without any doubt that the NPP won the 2016 election on the back of Dr. Bawumia’s apparent superior economics know-how. That electoral victory was a surrender that says, “here, make it happen”.
It is therefore a betrayal of trust for Dr. Bawumia to tout his drift to the safe haven of digitalisation leaving behind the first derivative duty of managing the economy. Constitutionally, Dr. Bawumia has implicated himself by abdicating all his responsibilities to people we hitherto did not know.
He stated that the Vice President is the Head of the EMT and his responsibilities thereof are clearly defined in the mandate document of his office.
Mr. David Zekpah argued that the infrastructure and technology for e-governance was already in place and selfmanifesting. Thus, progressively, “ways of doing” will eventually demand the need to upscale with technology. For example, intra-network MoMo transactions will inevitably lead us to interoperability.
“It is a natural evolution. We did not need him there. We needed him on the economy side of
governance. Our pocket, he said, is the economy. All these TECH initiatives lay under the purview of the Ministry of Communications through the Accra Digital Centre (est. 2016) and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA, est. circa 2008).”
Mr. Zekpah further indicated that in 2016, one of the flagship taglines was the 1D1F agenda. Referencing Kwame Nkrumah’s exploits at industrialization, Ghanaians were swept away thinking the new government was coming to build local factories based on the unique advantages of the District.
“They would later tell us it was a figment of our imagination because they never told us how. Absurdly, the famous 1D1F policy became a variant of PPP.” He added.
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“As 1D1F struggled to kick-off, the government chose to run to the doorsteps of self-funded
profit-driven entrepreneurs offering the breadcrumbs of water, electricity, road and tax breaks in exchange for partnership. In any case, whose responsibility is it to provide these amenities and platforms for businesses?
The NPP made a bargaining chip out of their responsibilities. Even at that, the government is still struggling to point out 1D1F projects in the various Districts. Dr. Bawumia’s PPP propositions for jobs and prosperity are therefore suspect. In a subtle approach, he pursued an agenda to jab ex-president Mahama’s 24-hr economy.
“It is mindboggling how the NPP boldly lays claim on elitism and astuteness, but fails to see how warped that narrative sounds in the face of other third-world countries’ economic indicators.
Institutionally, it appears the NPP finds it convenient to play dumb when the need be. Fact check buck-passing. It is not a leadership trait.”
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