Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Mesmerizes
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Date: 23-Jul-2012 |
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Ghanaians in two of the New England States,
Worcester, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut were excited to spend their
Sunday with the young, intelligent and affable Vice Presidential Candidate of
the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
As soon as he landed in
Worcester, MA, from an equally successful fund raising dinner in Dallas Forth
Worth, Texas, the indefatigable Dr. Bawumia accompanied by the NPP-USA chairman,
Nana Agyei Yeboah and the chapter executives visited the packed congregation of
the Church of Pentecost to worship with his fellow Ghanaians. Although his visit
was brief, his message to the congregation was well received. Dr. Bawumia
assured the congregation of NPP's commitment to a peaceful election. He exhorted
the congregation to continue praying for the nation. To buttress his point, Dr.
Bawumia drew inspiration from Psalm 127; "unless the lord builds the house, the
builders labor in vain."
The audience who gathered at Clark University
in Worcester, MA for a town hall meeting to see Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia left
beaming with smiles on their faces. Dr. Bawumia's speech has restored excitement
and hope in Ghanaians who are beginning to view their nation with bleak
despondency, as a result of Mills/Mahama’s rudderless administration that is
gradually saddling Ghanaians with mountains of loans and judgment debts. In
fact, Dr. Bawumia epitomizes the "change" Ghanaian's have longed for; most in
the audience concluded.
Dr. Bawumia touched on several subjects
including formalization of the economy, import duties, technological
development, industrialization and the role of Ghanaians abroad. Formalizing the
economy, Dr. Bawumia used the analogy of building a house. He said, just as a
house must have a strong foundation, an economy must be built on three
structures. In other words, we must formalize Ghana's economy to create the
needed sustainability effect. First, we must create a national Identification
system. A good economy should be able to account for its citizens, he stressed.
We must also institute a proper address system and lastly, move the economy from
a cash based system to an electronic based system. To do this, Ghana needs not
reinvent the wheel; we can simply adopt technologies that exist already. We just
have to tweak them a bit to fit our pattern and way of living.
He
expressed dissatisfaction at the high import duties at the nation's port.
Speaking to the subject, Dr. Bawumia elaborated on NPP's plan to abolish import
duties on manufacturing equipment. "It would make more economic sense to
encourage the import of equipment which would allow for the production of goods
and services and create employment of Ghanaians. Government can then tax the
profits of firms at that juncture rather than discouraging the setting up the
business as a result of high custom duties. Our aim is a customs regime targeted
at encouraging local and foreign firms to set up in Ghana to produce for
exports. We want Ghana to be the manufacturing hub of West Africa."
On
technology, Dr. Bawumia expressed the need to expand and advance the nation's
technological capacity. "We need a paradigm shift because we cannot compete in
the 21st Century with 18th Century technology”, he emphasized.
Furthermore, Dr Bawumia discussed the role of Ghanaians abroad, and
touched particularly on skills acquired by Ghanaians abroad. Dr. Bawumia assured
Ghanaians living abroad that Nana Addo/Bawumia administration, if the good
people of Ghana so decides, will partner with Ghanaians living abroad to
transform the economy as many progressive countries have done. Ghana is
fortunate to have talented human resources abroad. If we can bring Ghanaians
abroad to play on the national team, I don't see how we can't bring those with
valuable skills back home to improve our economy. He said to a thunderous
applause from the audience.
In Hartford Connecticut, Dr. Bawumia
addressed an enthusiastic audience in a house party in Windsor, CT.
Many
people at the fund raising party observed that Dr. Bawumia exudes confidence and
he has renewed their dying hope in Mills/Mahama’s Ghana.
The NPP General
Secretary, Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, National Youth Organizer, Anthony Karbo
and NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Dome Kwabenya, Lawyer Adwoa Safo were part
of Dr. Bawumia’s delegation to Massachusetts and Connecticut. |
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