The newly appointed National Coordinator for the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), , has refuted claims that the DRIP initiative is the brainchild of former President .
Providing insights into the implementation of the DRIP machinery, Nii Lante Vanderpuye stated that the initiative was conceived during the administration of the late President Atta-Mills but was not realised at the time, subsequently resurfacing under the Mahama administration.
In a yet-to-be-aired interview with Radio Gold, he stated that the machines were acquired under the Mahama administration.
As the then Deputy Minister for Local Government, he, alongside his substantive minister, Collins Dauda, visited the Tema Port to inspect the purchased machines before their deployment to various regions. "DRIP is not Akufo-Addo's legacy.
