Godwin Tamekloe, the Director of Legal Affairs for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pushed back against assertions that mobile money interoperability was the original idea of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
In a pointed social media post, Mr. Tamekloe set the record straight, weaving together the timeline and key players behind the transformative initiative.
According to Tamekloe, the groundwork for mobile money interoperability was laid well before the New Patriotic Party (NPP) assumed power. He recounted how, under the leadership of then-President John Mahama, the Bank of Ghana signed the pivotal interoperability contract in 2016. This crucial step, he argued, occurred before Dr. Bawumia and the NPP took office.
Tamekloe explained that when the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration inherited the project in 2017, their main contribution was to review the cost of the contract before proceeding with its implementation. “How is this the brainchild of Dr. Bawumia?” Tamekloe questioned, casting doubt on the narrative being advanced by the NPP.
He didn’t stop there. Mr. Tamekloe also challenged attempts to credit Dr. Bawumia with the surge in mobile money agents and the growth of the service. He noted that mobile money agents had already been operating before 2017, and attributed the increase in their numbers to rising demand and the expansion of the telecom sector, not direct government intervention.
Concluding his remarks, Tamekloe delivered a sharp critique: “A man should never get to the point where he believes in his own lies.” His comments have sparked renewed debate over who truly deserves credit for one of Ghana’s most significant financial innovations.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
