Former Minority Leader has taken a swipe at the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over his comment to upgrade Ghana.

According to Haruna Iddrisu, the present condition of the country does not need an upgrade but a reset as suggested by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama.

In an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Wednesday, August 28, he stated that the NPP had eight years in office and had the opportunity to fix the ailing economy and deliver on their promises yet failed.

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“For the NPP and Bawumia, it’s a lost opportunity. What you cannot do in eight years, you are now promising it in 100 days and promising it into the future, no. Ghanaians gave you a mandate and that mandate was for eight years ... even in their manifesto for 2016 – the agenda for jobs, transforming Ghana from production to taxation said they will end the suffering of Ghanaians. Have they ended the suffering of Ghanaians?

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“It is not for them to say that President Mahama should not say reset. They even say upgrade – you cannot come and upgrade hardship, inflation which is already high, poor performance of economy, unsustainable debt,” he said.

His comment follows Dr Bawumia dismissing Mr Mahama's proposal to reset Ghana arguing that Ghana does not need a reset but rather an upgrade.

According to Mr Iddrisu, the NPP is aware they had created ‘filth’ and waiting on the NDC to come and clean and fix it.

He indicated that the NPP had no reason to fail Ghanaians and to plunge the nation into crises noting that the “NPP got over GH₵500 billion additional money, the Bank of Ghana GH₵50 plus billion added to it, growth in revenue, you inherited ESLA which is generating billions of cedis.”