A former Deputy Minister of Communications under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has refuted claims by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s that policies by the NPP government have led to a reduction of hardship in the country.
It is recalled that the Vice President recently in a Facebook post sighted by MyNewsGhana.net remarked that the government through its social interventions and pro-poor policies have reduced the suffering of the youth while presenting a path that leads to success.
Dr Bawumia continued that unlike the NDC, the ruling NPP government will stay true to its words of securing a better Ghana for all.
“Yesterday, we marked the International Youth Day in Ghana and across the world. I would like to remind the youth of our dear country that the NPP promised to reduce the suffering Ghanaians were going through under the economic mismanagement of the NDC.
“After four years in office, what is clear is that even though many Ghanaians are facing challenging times especially as a result of the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of the NPP under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, through policies implemented, delivered largely on its promise of reducing the suffering of Ghanaians even though we have a lot more to do in that direction,” he wrote.
But in response to these statements , Mr Kwakye Ofosu in a Facebook post said the Vice President had lied by saying that the erstwhile government did not provide any public employment.
In a bid to disprove what Dr Bawumia said, Mr Kwakye Ofosu also wrote
“On his first claim that there was no public sector recruitment before he and his boss came to power, these are the facts that destroy his lies. Between 2009 and 2016 under the NDC, tens of thousands of public sector workers were employed. Data contained in the Education Management and Information System(EMIS) operated by the Ministry of Education shows that over 70,000 teachers were employed”
Also, he has laughed off the statement by the Vice President that the NPP administration and had created over seven hundred thousand jobs.
“On his second claim that this government has employed over 750,000 public sector workers in the last 5 years, his budget statements expose him. Because public sector workers are paid with public funds, their numbers are captured in the budget statements over the years for budgeting purposes.
“Appendix 7 of the 2017 budget statement presented by Ken Ofori Atta breaks down the staff strength of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) at the beginning of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration and gives the total figure as 626,781. Appendix 7 on page 242 of the 2021 budget presented in March this year puts the total staff strength of the MDAs at 839,561.
“This means that the increase in public sector employee numbers in the last 5 years is actually 212,780 and not the hallucinatory 750,000 Mahamadu Bawumia is bandying about” he wrote.
Source: MyNewsGhana
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