The former President of Ghana and the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has said if he secured $11.5 billion in Eurobonds, as the Akufo-Addo Bawumia government has done, Ghana would have been transformed into Dubai.
According to John Mahama, President Akufo-Addo in five years borrowed a whopping $11.5 billion from Eurobonds while he only borrowed 3.5 billion dollars in his 4 years in government.
Speaking to district and municipal Imams in the Ashanti Region on Monday, December 2, 2024, during his six-day campaign tour, Mahama stated, “Five years, within five years he (Akufo-Addo) borrowed $11.5 billion”.
“I am saying the four years that I was in government all the things we did, the new harbor, the new airport, and the other things we did the money we borrowed was 3.5 billion dollars”, John Mahama detailed.
John Mahama further revealed, “So, I was like, if I was the one that borrowed 11.5 billion dollars like Ghana will be transformed into Dubai”.
Meanwhile, John Mahama speaking to district and municipal Imams in the Ashanti Region added he is a retired army general ready to rescue Ghana from current difficulties.
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If I had secured $11.5 billion in Eurobonds, as this government has done, Ghana could have been transformed into Dubai – John Mahama #UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/na9lS5kSck
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) December 3, 2024
