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Abolishing Of Double Track: Whose Children Should Stay Home – Bawumia Asks Mahama

Abolishing Of Double Track: Whose Children Should Stay Home – Bawumia Asks Mahama

Abolishing Of Double Track: Whose Children Should Stay Home - Bawumia Asks Mahama   The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has questioned former President of Ghana, John Mahama’s claims of abolishing Double Track when he comes to power. According to him, government had a problem with classrooms hence the introduction of the double track system to afford government the opportunity to accommodate all the students who qualify for Senior High Schools. “Of course with Free SHS, we had a problem. We had a problem because we did not have enough classrooms for the students and that’s why we implemented the…
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Damage Caused By Bagre Dam Spillage Disheartening – Bawumia Cries

Damage Caused By Bagre Dam Spillage Disheartening – Bawumia Cries

Damage Caused By Bagre Dam Spillage Disheartening – Bawumia Cries   Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has described as disheartening, the damage caused by floods in the Upper East Region as a result of the opening of the Bagre dam in Burkina Faso. Dr Bawumia said this when he visited the region today, Thursday, 10 September 2020, to assess the impact of the recent torrential rainfall and spillage of the Bagre dam in Burkina Faso. Dr Bawumia began with the inspection of the damage done on portions of the Zebila-Bawku Road. “It is quite disheartening to see how badly the…
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NDC Will Lose 2020 Polls Because Of Mahama’s Incompetence – Bawumia Jabs

NDC Will Lose 2020 Polls Because Of Mahama’s Incompetence – Bawumia Jabs

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the opposition National Democratic Congress will lose the December 7 polls because of John Mahama's “gross incompetence” exhibited during his tenure as President of Ghana. According to Bawumia, John Dramani Mahama mismanaged the economy and presided over wanton corruption that brought serious hardship to Ghanaians. Addressing a durbar in the Upper West Region, the Vice President noted: “When they say the NDC will lose the December elections, it is not us who [are] saying it. It is because of their mismanagement of the economy that the people are saying so. They could not pay teachers/nursing training allowances.…
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Vice President Bawumia To Speak On Radio Upper West

Vice President Bawumia To Speak On Radio Upper West

Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia would be interviewed live on Radio Upper West today at 8:30 am. The interview would enable him interact directly with the people of Upper West and explain to them contributions of President Nana Akufo-Addo to the development of Ghana. Prior to his scheduled interview, the Vice President joined the Chiefs and people in the Daboya, Damongo and Bole constituencies in the Savannah region as part of his working tour to Northern Ghana. The Chiefs lauded President Akufo-Addo for living up to his words and fulfilling his specific promises to the people of the…
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Akufo-Addo’s Election As ECOWAS Chair Confirmation Of His Stellar Leadership – Bawumia

Akufo-Addo’s Election As ECOWAS Chair Confirmation Of His Stellar Leadership – Bawumia

Akufo-Addo’s Election As ECOWAS Chair Confirmation Of His Stellar Leadership – Bawumia   President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s election as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a confirmation of his stellar leadership that is experienced every day in Ghana Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Nana Akufo-Addo was unanimously elected chairman of ECOWAS at its 57th Summit in Niamey, Niger on Monday, 7 September 2020. In a congratulatory message to his boss, Dr Bawumia further noted in a Facebook post that “As the world transition through the new-normal, your visionary leadership will be instrumental for…
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Reward NPP For Creating New Regions As Promised – Bawumia To Savannah Region

Reward NPP For Creating New Regions As Promised – Bawumia To Savannah Region

Reward NPP For Creating New Regions As Promised – Bawumia To Savannah Region Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has also called on the people of the Savannah Region to reward President Nana Akufo-Addo for creating the region. After urging the electorate in the Yendi Constituency to do same after sealing the peace process in Dagbon, Dr. Bawumia reminded the chiefs and people of Wasipe Traditional area in the Daboya-Mankarigu constituency that it took the Akufo-Addo administration two years to deliver the region they have been yearning for. “The people of Savannah, for over 50 years, have been crying for a…
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Apologise To The People Of Akyem On Your Tribalistic Comment — Dr. Bawumia To Mahama

Apologise To The People Of Akyem On Your Tribalistic Comment — Dr. Bawumia To Mahama

Apologise To The People Of Akyem On Your Tribalistic Comment — Dr. Bawumia To Mahama Vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has call on flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama to apologise on his ethnocentric comment. Speaking during his tour of Gusehgu in the Northern Region, Dr. Bawumia cautioned the 2020 election will be won based on competence and not on tribalism. “We don’t want a president who divides. We want a president who unites and so the recent utterance by John Mahama referring to Akyems as Sakawa boys; how do you take a whole tribe and say…
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Mahama’s SADA Was monumental Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money – Bawumia

Mahama’s SADA Was monumental Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money – Bawumia

Mahama’s SADA Was monumental Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money – Bawumia Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has criticised former President John Mahama for presiding over a government that wasted taxpayers’ funds in implementing the development agenda under the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). He expressed regret at the manner in which the previous government, led by former President Mahama, exploited the poor people of the north and wasted millions of dollars on the guise of developing the northern parts of the country. SADA was a government’s agency responsible for coordinating a comprehensive development agenda for the Savannah ecological zones. Addressing a…
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Alternative Sentencing Bill Ready For Parliament – Bawumia

Alternative Sentencing Bill Ready For Parliament – Bawumia

Alternative Sentencing Bill Ready For Parliament – Bawumia   Government will soon lay before Parliament, a Bill for the promulgation of Alternative Sentencing that includes probation, parole and community service into the work of the Criminal Justice System in Ghana, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. Speaking at the Graduation and Commissioning Parade for one hundred and fifty officer cadets who made up Intake 27 of the Ghana Prisons Service in Accra on Friday, 28th August, 2020, Vice President Bawumia said these alternatives to custodial sentence hold great potential to decongest the country’s Prisons and significantly reduce the financial burden…
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I Still Stand By My ‘Mahama Incompetent’ Comment – Bawumia

I Still Stand By My ‘Mahama Incompetent’ Comment – Bawumia

I Still Stand By My ‘Mahama Incompetent’ Comment – Bawumia Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said he still stands by his description of former President John Mahama as an incompetent leader. Vice President, Dr Bawumia has  stated that he was convinced that Mr Mahama was incompetent in the management of the economy and still maintains that position.   Dr Bawumia in the run-up to the 2016 elections called the Mahama-led government the most insensitive government the country has ever had due to astronomical increment of fuel prices. “I don’t think that there’s any doubt now, that the current NDC…
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