“I emphatically maintain that the Vice President deliberately deceived the nation by quoting false fiscal numbers,” he says. “The actual (not provisional) fiscal deficit figure for 2016 is clearly provided for in the mid-year budget of 2017, as well as the 2018 and 2019 budgets. 14 of the 2017 Mid-Year Budget reads as: “Mr. Even the rebased (new) deficit figure of 6.1% was wrong. It is rather 6.8% as mentioned by Dr. Bawumia.”Here’s Ato Forson’s reaction to the statement and several others accusing him of rather quoting wrong figures.

Source: GhanaWeb April 10, 2019 10:30 UTC