Bawumia Defends His 2024 Performance
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Covid-19 Impact on Economy: Mahama Knew the Truth During 2024 Campaign – Bawumia
September 26, 2025
Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at President John Dramani Mahama, saying his recent admission that the Covid-19 pandemic negatively affected Ghana’s economy proves he knew the truth during the 2024 election campaign but chose not to admit it.
Speaking during his campaign tour of the Eastern Region, Dr Bawumia recalled how the economic fallout of the pandemic became a contentious issue in the 2024 elections.
The then-ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) argued that Covid-19, coupled with the Russia-Ukraine war, disrupted markets, slashed revenues, and triggered a high cost of living. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), however, led by then-candidate Mahama, rejected that position, instead blaming the country’s woes on economic mismanagement.
But in New York, at a side event of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, President Mahama acknowledged the severe toll the pandemic had taken.
“The Covid-19 pandemic erased two decades of poverty reduction in less than two years,” the President said.
Dr Bawumia seized on the admission, insisting it vindicates the NPP’s stance.
“From 2022 when the impact of Covid-19 hit the economy, prices of goods went up. During the 2024 election, we said the cost of living had been largely impacted by Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. President Mahama and the NDC said we were lying. They said Covid-19 had no impact—it was economic mismanagement. But now, in New York, President Mahama has admitted the truth.”
He added, “The President knew the truth but he didn’t say it during the campaign. But by the grace of God, he has now said the truth.”
