24hr economy: Bawumia contradicted himself – Basintale

A member of the manifesto drafting committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Malik Basintake, has said that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia contradicted himself in his comments on the 24-hour economy proposal made by the flagbearer of the NDC, former President John Dramani Mahama.

He noted that at one point, Dr Bawumia said the idea was bad, and in another vein, he said the 24-hour economy is already happening.

In the view of Basintale, this is contradictory.

“Dr Bawumia contradicted himself,” Basintale said on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, November 25.

He added “Instead of Dr Bawumia preaching his message, he spends time to pooh-pooh the policy of his statement.”

Dr Bawumia had stated that hospitals, the Electricity Company of Ghana, Ghana Water Company, fuel stations and many chop bars work 24 hours.

He asked Ghanaians to reject Mr Mahama’s idea.

Addressing a crowd in Nalerigu as part of his ‘Thank you’ tour on Monday November 20 after being elected flagbearer of the NPP on November 4, Dr Bawumia said,  “John Mahama says he has a new idea. What is the idea? He says he wants a 24-hour economy. He doesn’t even understand that policy.

“Today in Ghana, our hospitals work 24 hours, our electricity company works 24 hours, our water company works 24 hours, our fuel stations work 24 hours, and many chop bars work 24 hours. Today because of digitalisation, you can transfer money 24 hours, you can receive money 24 hours… So he doesn’t understand his own policy. It doesn’t make sense.

“So I want you to vote for me in 2024 because I will bring a new vision, I will bring a new policy. Mahama is the past, Dr Bawumia is the future. If John Mahama was there, we would say we have a dumsor economy, you can’t have a 24-hour economy in dumsor. So, you want to vote for Dr Bawumia in 2024, we will take the country to new heights,” Dr Bawumia stated.