Els: MBN360 News
Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has insisted that former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia deserves credit for the Gold-for-Reserve policy now being implemented by the Mahama administration.
While responding to the President’s address on Friday, Afenyo-Markin acknowledged that some economic gains had been made, particularly through the policy.
However, he was quick to attribute the intellectual property of the initiative to his predecessor.
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“The president is telling us today that some gains have been made… through this Gold-For-Reserve policy,” Afenyo-Markin noted.
He then pivoted to what he saw as a critical omission in the narrative surrounding the policy’s origins. “Mr. Speaker, the Gold-For-Reserve policy what they have failed to tell Ghanaians is that the Bawumia that they attacked is the brainchild of this policy.”
Drawing on a local proverb to drive home his point, the Minority Leader urged the government to acknowledge the contributions of political opponents when they are valid.
“Mr. Speaker, I would want to urge the government give to Bawumia what belongs to Bawumia.”
