Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has refuted claims that the 2024 National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, John Mahama, has plans to rescue the economy and the country in general.

According to the Vice President, such action is currently not needed as the economy has already been saved by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).

In an interview with Asaase Radio on Sunday night, November 12, he reacted to the argument by the NDC’s flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama that he was going on a rescue mission for Ghana in Election 2024.

“This [Ghana] economy had to be rescued by the IMF [International Monetary Fund], they [NDC] had to go for a rescue, that was the real rescue mission, as a price of mismanagement of this economy.”

“And so they went for a rescue mission [from the IMF] and they were not even able to stay the course of the IMF programme. They went off track, so, that rescue mission by the IMF didn’t quite work because they were not following the terms of the agreement,” the Vice President added.

He continued saying, “The real rescue happened when by the grace of God with the election of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and with that election we came into office and again, all the things that were going wrong, we have tried to right them, we have very much put everything back on course.”

“We have brought macroeconomic stability, we have restored teacher training allowances, nursing training allowances, we have brought in new initiatives like planting for food and jobs, the one district one factory transformation and that is taking place and so we have really rescued this country and this economy from the mismanagement of John Mahama,” Dr Bawumia said.

He therefore quizzed, "what they mean by coming to rescue?"

"We have rescued the country already, and we are now building upon that unless maybe they are not informed,” Dr Bawumia asserted.