Yaw Adutwum Distances Himself From Bawumia’s Apology: “If You Have Failed, Admit it

• Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has distanced himself from Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s recent apology on the NPP’s past performance
• The Bosomtwi MP said he would not admit failure, especially in the education sector where he believes he performed well
• He urged Bawumia to apologise for his own actions instead of generalising former appointees in a blanket statement

Dr Bawumia, former Vice President of Ghana and 2024 presidential candidate, recently acknowledged the shortcomings of the NPP-led administration.

Speaking at an event in London, the former Vice President admitted that the NPP made some mistakes while in government.

“The NPP did a lot of work, there’s no doubt about that, but we did not get everything right. We got quite a few things wrong, and I think that, on my own behalf, on behalf of the party and the government, I apologise to all of you for us not getting the things right that we should have gotten,” he reportedly said.

Dr Bawumia, who is aspiring to lead the NPP again into the 2028 elections, consequently pleaded with Ghanaians to forgive the party and give it another chance to correct the wrongs of the past.

Dr Adutwun rebuffs Bawumia’s apology

Reacting to this, however, in an interview, Dr Adutwum said he did not fail as a Minister for Education.

He said if Dr Bawumia believed the NPP made mistakes, he should point to the specifics and apologise for the same rather than dragging all former appointees in together in the so-called apology to Ghanaians.

“If Dr Bawumia, as a Vice President and head of the Economic Management Team, thinks he has something to apologise to Ghanaians about, then he should do so instead of lumping all former ministers to apologise for us. As for me, I won’t brag, but in terms of Education, I did well. Ghana was ranked second in Africa on the Mo Ibrahim Education Index during my time, and considering where we took it from, I will never admit that I failed,” he said.