Political Scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Asah-Asante has warned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, may suffer a credibility crisis if he is not circumspect about his political promises.
It follows a U-turn by the Vice President on incentivizing churches instead of taxing them. He subsequently clarified that he was taken out of context and that his remarks were made in jest.
During a meeting with clergy members in the North-East Region as part of his nationwide tour, the NPP flag bearer stated that considering the contribution of churches to development in the country, they should be paid instead of taxed.
“Unless you don’t understand the work the church has done. If you are looking at the buildings, the way they keep the society together, the universities, the hospitals, the schools, it is massive. It is just massive. Many churches have hundreds of schools. So I don’t see and I will not have a situation where we are taxing churches,” the Vice President stated.
Reacting to the matter on the Starr News, Dr. Asah-Asante stated the Vice President should give promises he can fulfill.
“There is a difficulty here. Why will you in the campaign trail decide that you’ve given hope in terms of promise? That obviously will find favor with the group you talking to and in no time you make a U-turn that, it was a joke. Much as we want to hear from him he wants him to reflect on them very much so he gives promises he can fulfill.”
“You don’t give a promise in one minute and the next moment you come back to say that was a joke. If it becomes consistent then it creates a problem then people will not want to believe you that much. There are already some sections of people who don’t believe what the Vice President says for so many reasons. I’m not sure he wants to compound that problem by adding more” He added
Dr. Kwame Asah-Asante hinted that the Vice President risks his political message being dismissed should he continue on this trajectory.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Benjamin Sackey
