Vice Chairman of the Bawumia Manifesto Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has accused former president John Dramani Mahama, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), of capitalising on citizens' economic worries without offering concrete solutions.

This accusation comes after Mahama challenged Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to address five key economic questions instead of sidestepping with irrelevant counter-questions and a debate proposal.

In an interview with Citi FM on Wednesday, October 30, Oppong Nkrumah criticised Mahama for not providing actionable plans to tackle the pressing economic issues facing Ghanaians.

He argued that rather than merely reciting hymns about the country's challenges, Mahama should step forward with realistic solutions to demonstrate his capability as a leader.

Oppong Nkrumah emphasised the importance of a debate between the candidates, asserting that it would give Ghanaians the opportunity to assess which candidate has viable strategies for addressing the nation's economic concerns.

He contended that engaging in a meaningful debate would allow voters to discern the substantive differences in their approaches to governance.

“Mahama is going around the country shouting that the cost of living is high and inflation has gone to 54% and we all know the global cost of living is high and any class 4 boy who picks a phone and googles global cost-of-living crisis will get answers to why the cost of living has gone up all over the world including Ghana."

“But if you look into our manifesto and if you listen to Dr Bawumia, he has proposed solutions to the cost of living, solutions to transport fares, energy prices, and fuel prices. Mahama is going around the country, capitalising on people’s genuine concerns about these things and he has not offered a single solution."

“Dr Bawumia wants to sit down with him, debate and say to him in the face ‘These are the causes of the high cost of living and these are my solutions where are your solutions beyond going around and reciting rhymes like he is doing on the campaign trail,” he stated.