QUESTIONS FOR JOHN MAHAMA

I have just read questions posed to me by former President Mahama. I would have thought he would be man enough to face me in a one-on-one debate for the Ghanaian public to assess our respective policies, achievements and visions. He should not hide behind these flimsy questions to avoid a debate. Come for a debate and I can ask the moderators to ask me these five flimsy questions. But I have many more substantive questions for him:

1. Can you name any broad-based social intervention policy that
   you implemented in Ghana as President?

2. Why did you run advertisements against free SHS?

3. If you think your economic management was so good how
   come we experienced more than four years of Dumsor under
   your government?

4. Why did the banking system almost collapse under your
   government?

5. Why did you cancel teacher training allowances?

6. Why did you cancel nursing training allowances

7. Why did the National Ambulance service virtually collapse
   under your government?

8. Why was your government unable to create even a quarter of
   the jobs that our government has created?

9. How many nurses, teachers, police officers, immigration
   officers and service personnel did you recruit as President?

10. Why did you implement the three-month pay policy for
    teachers under the government?

11. Why did you cancel the car import duty waiver for teachers
    and nurses?

12. Why was average agricultural growth under your government
    (2.9%) less than half what it is under our government

13. Why was industry growth under your government lower than
    what it is under our government?

14. Why was overall GDP growth under your government lower
    than under our government?

15. Why did your government have no industrial policy for Ghana?

16. Why do you think our government has constructed four times
    more roads than your government did?

17. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more hospitals than your government did?

18. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more schools than your government did?

19. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more fish landing sites than your government
    did?

20. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more courts than your government did?

21. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more public libraries than your government did?

22. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more sports facilities than your government did?

23. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more airports than your government did?

24. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing and equipping more TVET institutions than your
    government did?

25. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more interchanges than your government did?

26. Why do you think our government has overseen the provision
    of more NCA licensed fibre optic cable than your government
    did?

27. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more sanitation facilities than your government
    did?

28. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more waste recycling plants than your
    government did?

29. Why do you think our government has provided 70% more
    scholarships to students than your government?

30. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more infrastructure in the Zongo communities
    than your government did?

31. Why do you think our government has provided more vehicles
    and equipment to the security services than your
    government did?

32. Why do you think our government has constructed and is
    constructing more hospitals than your government did?

33. How come your government was unable to issue any
    significant amount of the National Identity Card (Ghanacard)?

34. Why was your government unable to deal with the problem of
    Ghost workers on government payroll?

35. During your period as president only 4% of Ghanaian adults
    had Tax Identification Numbers. Our government has
    increased it to 85%. Why were you unable to do similar?

36. Why was your government unable to digitalize the operations
    at the port to reduce corruption?

37. Why was your government unable to solve the problem of the
    lack of a functioning Ghana-wide property address system?

38. Why was your government not able to solve the problem of
    access to financial inclusion like we have?

39. What help did your government provide children suffering
    from cancer, sickle cell patients and people needing kidney
    dialysis?

40. Why did you fulfill only 28% of your promises in your 2012
    Manifesto?

41. What measures did your government implement to address
    the problem that people have in paying rent advance?

42. What did you do to help people who had difficulty in enrolling
    for or renewing their National health insurance
    memberships?

43. What did your government do specifically to promote the
    creative arts and tourism?

44. How did your government address the problem of getting
    emergency drug, blood and vaccine delivery to remote parts
    of Ghana in times of emergency?

45. How did your government address the problem of tertiary
    students who could not access student loans because they
    could not find guarantors?

46. As Vice-President, I have initiated or championed policies
    such as One Constituency One Ambulance, Agenda 111,
    Medical Drones, Zongo Development Fund, E-Pharmacy,
    Ghanacard, Digital Property Address System, Mobile Money
    Interoperability, Paperless Ports, No Guarantor Student
    Loans, Ghana.Gov, Citizens App, Go-Ride, Gold for Oil, Bank
    of Ghana Gold Purchase Program, District Road Improvement
    Program (DRIP) etc. ? Can you tell Ghanaians what policies
    you championed or initiated as Vice-President?

47. Why were you unable to implement Free Technical and
    Vocational Education as we have done?

48. Why was your government unable to absorb examination
    registration fees for BECE and WACSSE students

49. Can you provide one coherent explanation of your 24-hour
    economy proposal?

50. What specific measures did you implement to combat
    corruption during your tenure as president?