Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the Akufo-Addo led government inherited a shaky economy from the erstwhile Mahama administration.

Touring the Upper East region at the weekend to observe the Month of Ramadan with Muslims and to interact with some traditional authorities, the Vice President while addressing the Bawku Traditional Council on Saturday,  posited the current government inherited an economy the erstwhile handlers had chopped down to a ‘bone’.

He said; “Bawku Naba, the President assumed office 18 months ago, and it was under difficult circumstances. If you would remember, he told us all the meat was finished; it was only left with the bone. And we came and met the bone. Nana Akufo-Addo has made a lot of promises. By the grace of God, after 18 months in office, Nana Akufo-Addo has shown himself to be a man of his word.

“He said he would bring free SHS. He has brought free SHS. The free SHS is helping a lot of our farmers. Many people thought it was not possible. But by the grace of God, we have made it possible. We also promised to restore [the] Teacher Trainee Allowance. And Nana Akufo-Addo has restored the Teacher Trainee Allowance. He promised to restore the Nursing Trainee Allowance. And we have restored the Nursing Trainee Allowance,” Dr. Bawumia said.

He also mentioned the reduction of electricity tariffs, the provision of fertilisers and seeds to farmers under the Planting for Food and Jobs Policy, the establishment of the Zongo Development Fund to help out Muslim-occupied ghettos in the country, the launch of the NABCO jobs as well as the creation of 80,000 more jobs at the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) among the campaign promises he said the NPP Government had fulfilled to justify the trust Ghanaians reposed in the party at the 2016 general elections.

The Vice President was accompanied by the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Ayine Bukari, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the NPP, Lawyer Anthony Namoo, and the Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development, Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique, among other government officials.