Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has asserted that the ideas, policies, and leadership style of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia are the only way to save Ghana.
Coining the ideas and policies of Dr Bawumia as “Bawumialogy”- not a real field of study, he noted that Ghanaians must make time to scrutinize and appreciate the visions of the Vice President that were laid bare by the NPP flagbearer on February 7 at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).
In an interview on Peace FM, he said, “We need to term Dr Bawumia’s vision as “Bawumialogy”. We need to bath in it, sleep on it and know that Ghana’s progress and success as a country lies within the 70-point of Dr Bawumia.
“For me, I believe these UPSA visions have made Bawumia an alpha male politician in this country.”
In his address to the nation a week ago, the Vice President named a number of initiatives he would undertake to see Ghana’s fortunes turn around for better.
Among the initiatives to be undertaken are the removal of the Electronic Transaction Levy, introduction of a flat tax regime for the collection of taxes; formalize, regularize and regulate environmentally sustainable small scale mining.
The Vice President noted that the removal of the levy will aid government’s cashless economy agenda while a flat tax regime will broaden the tax base and take away pressure that is placed on GRA staff to collect revenues on existing tax payers.
To start the new tax system on a clean slate, the Vice President noted that the government will provide a tax amnesty (i.e., a complete exemption from the payment of taxes for a specified period and the waiving of interest and penalties) up to a certain year to individuals and businesses for failures to file taxes in previous years so that everyone will start afresh.
Meanwhile, Mr Allotey Jacobs believes that Dr Bawumia had a influential role in the recent reshuffling of Ministers by President Akufo-Addo.
“All that he said to ensure Ghana progress led his boss to see the need to reshuffle for him as he takes over to ride to success. The reshuffle motivates the rank and file of the party. We have seen some,” he said.
On Valentine’s Day morning, President Akufo-Addo announced his inaugural significant ministerial reshuffle, impacting approximately 12 current ministers of state, including 10 cabinet ministers and two regional ministers.
Notable ministers, including Ken Ofori-Atta and Kwaku Agyeman Manu, lost their positions entirely – Finance and Health Ministers respectively.