A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has said Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s “ballistic” reactions to the description of the National Digital Property Addressing System as `419` scam is uncalled for.
Former President John Mahama addressing supporters of the NDC after a unity walk in Cape Coast said the NPP government must hold someone accountable for paying for a service that is available on mobile phones already through google map.
“…Otherwise, how can you launch a whopping GPS system that is freely available on our mobile phones and say it is the best national addressing system?… It’s such a pity. Why would you embarrass the president so much?” he quizzed to the admiration of the NDC gathering.
In his reaction, however, Dr. Bawumia went haywire, scathingly attacking the former president and also urging him to desist from ignorantly “parroting propaganda.”
“For former president Mahama to claim that Ghana’s NDPAS and the accompanying GhanaPostGPS app is a 419 scam demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the system. We have been witnesses to 8 years of his governance as vice president and president and we know what 419 scams look like,” he said.
Source: GhanaWeb
