The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has questioned why Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is distancing him from certain policies implemented by the government.

According to him, the Vice President and the President are a team, therefore, both should be blamed for the country's current mess.

“How can Kabiru in one breathe say that Bawumia was a mere agent and hence can not take liability or blame for the failures of Principal, yet in another breathe they give Bawumia credit for the success of the Principal?

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“Why is Bawumia being credited for one constituency one ambulance, agenda 111, why? Why is that the case? They are not saying that the credit should go to Akufo-Addo because Bawumia was a mere agent. Hypocrite, that is what they are,” he said on Joy FM's Top Story on February 8.

His comments follow Dr Bawumia's appeal for Ghanaians to move him from a driver's mate to a driver and arguments by the Vice President's Technical Advisor, Dr Tiah Abdul-Kabiru Mahama that the NPP flagbearer's role was advisory, implying that he could not do much because he was not the President.

On the back of this, Mr Gyamfi said “If the Vice President is a mere advisor, he is a mere agent, then my question is this, 'how come in 2016, Dr Bawumia directed 170 questions to then Vice President and Chairman of the Economic Management Team, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur?  

 “Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur was vice. Was he not a mere agent of John Mahama per their logic?”

Sammy Gyamfi bemoaned why the NPP flagbearer would ostracize President Akufo-Addo due to his quest to capture political power.

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When asked by the host, Evan Mensah, if, he [Sammy Gyamfi] was defending the President, he said Dr Bawumia's policies push all blame on President Akufo-Addo.

“Akufo-Addo is looking like a lonely old man. I am just feeling pity for him. This is the time that his Vice President whom he entrusted with the management of the economy has to stand by him and say look we take collective responsibility. We have failed, we could have done things better, we have failed,” he added.