The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has taken on the promise by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to establish a specialized SME bank for women.
Speaking at the Mallam Market during her campaign tour, Professor Opoku-Agyemang dared Dr. Bawumia to put his money where his mouth is by setting up the women’s bank now since NPP is in power and has what it takes to fulfill the promise.
“If you can do it, do it now,” she told the charged crowd. “You are in government, and yet you are making promises,” she told the charged crowd at Mallam market.
She said the NDC had already announced plans to establish a Women’s Development Bank to provide “soft loans to women without collateral.”
Professor Opoku-Agyemang accused Dr. Bawumia of making empty promises, citing the NPP government’s failure to deliver on its previous promises.
She emphasized that the NDC’s Women’s Development Bank would provide tangible support to women.
The NPP included in its manifesto plans to establish an SME Bank to meet the special financing needs of small and medium businesses, which employ over 80% of Ghanaians.
However, Professor Opoku-Agyemang is convinced that the promise as announced by the NPP flagbearer is a voter-buying tactic and must be ignored.
