Ghanaians are still suffering but conditions have improved- Bawumia

The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has acknowledged Ghanaians' suffering, claiming that their situation has improved greatly since previous President John Mahama's tenure.

During the 2016 election campaign, Dr. Bawumia highlighted Ghanaians' suffering as a basis for change.

However, during his media appearance on Sunday, August 25, at the Accra-Movenpick Hotel, Dr. Bawumia recognized that, despite the continuous issues faced by Ghanaians, the country has achieved substantial progress, with measures in place to lighten their load.

As evidence of this accomplishment, he cited increases in GDP and per capita income, as well as employment creation.

“I remember very well in my statement, teachers are suffering, doctors are suffering, nurses are suffering, journalists are suffering and everybody is suffering in 2016, which was the case actually in that regard. But I think that we have moved on significantly since 2016.

“And we can point to a few things, at the end of the day, you reduce suffering broadly, like creating jobs, so that you give people something to do. Or you bring in social interventions to ameliorate the problems, the hardships that are there.

He emphasised, “So, you need to look at what we have done. We have created at least 2.1 million jobs, and per capita income in cedi terms has gone up almost threefold. GDP has gone up, and per capita income has also gone up. We have kept all public sector workers employed.

“We didn’t lay anyone off during COVID-19. We have kept the lights on for 8 years, we suffered so much from “Dumsor”. Nursing and teacher trainees were suffering but we have restored their allowances. We have done quite a bit to reduce the suffering of people.

“I think that, yes, the suffering is there, but we have done a lot of social interventions to ameliorate that suffering, it is not gone, but we can point to things that have gone in to reduce the suffering of our people,” Dr Bawumia stated.

Source: Lead News Online