The Ayawaso Central Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) claims that individuals who have pondered why Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s ideas cannot be executed presently lack a concept of governance.
Bismark Boateng noted that every leader or president has his or her own vision, which the Vice supports.
He explained that in implementing these policies, the role of the vice president is to support the president.
“People usually wonder why the policies announced by Vice President Dr. Bawumia are not being implemented now, but what they forget is that every president has his or her own vision. They wonder why someone who attends a cabinet meeting cannot convince the president to implement these policies.
However, the president has his vision and what he wants to do for the four-year term. That is why the budget must be submitted to parliament for approval before the president can roll out his or her policies.
An example is the E-Levy, which the president introduced. He is also rolling out the Agenda 111 hospitals. Maybe he had planned to use portions of the E-Levy to construct the hospitals. So he had a plan and rolled out the project over the period. If he is unable to complete the project and construct about 80, the next government that will come will continue with the project but may not need the E-Levy again and will scrap it.
He continued, “That is why Dr. Bawumia is proposing his own vision and has promised to roll out some policies. He had promised to build on the foundation of Akufo-Addo. He will be his own man. So if he scraps E-Levy, it does not mean the levy was a nuisance; it had served its purpose. He had also promised to roll out a flat tax rate regime. This is something he can do because he knows President Akufo-Addo has achieved a lot, and with his (Bawunmia) policies, the country will progress beyond what we see today.”
Mr. Boateng underscored the need for Ghanaians to trust Dr. Bawumia to deliver because he is a man of integrity, competence, selflessness, incorruptibility, and patriotism.
He added on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5 FM that no Vice President has been as active as Dr. Bawumia.
He said while President Akufo-Addo is working, his Vice President is also working hard to complement the efforts of Akufo-Addo and has brought about several initiatives, including the digitisation drive and mobile money interoperability among others.
By: Rainbowradiooline.com/Ghana