You owe road contractors GH₵15bn yet engaging in motorway sod-cutting 'propaganda' – Minority slams Akufo-Addo
Published:
3 months ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
President 's sod-cutting event for the reconstruction of the Accra-Tema Motorway is nothing but a "vote-buying" trick, the Minority Caucus has said. Clarifying in a statement that the main opposition was not against the reconstruction, the caucus said: "Indeed, we support the principles behind the project and demonstrated the same in the past, but we will not shirk our responsibility to ensure value for money and accountability."
According to the statement, only approved $339-million multi-year funding for the project and not $660 million, scolding: "No one has the right to commit the country to future spending on the project without approval from ."
The statement from the ministry's infrastructure spokesperson, Governs Agbodza, noted that the source of funding for the project is "not sustainable."
"The NPP is claiming the source of funds for the project is Mahama's Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF). The NPP said the same thing about how they were going to fund the so-called Agenda 111 housing projects, etc. We all know the status of Agenda 111, etc. today," the caucus indicated.