The Ministry of Special Development Initiative budgeted ¢800,000 for the development of a website, a figure criticised as bloated.
"This is nothing but corruption", Minority spokesperson on Finance Ato Forson told Joy News.
Parliament approved the expenditure item despite red flags from the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC).
A further 10 million was approved to purchase 20 4-Wheel Drive vehicles for the Minister and other officials.
"As a Minister, I do not even have an official vehicle," Mavis Hawa Koomson explained.
According to the budget estimates, it will cost more to build a website than buy one 4-Wheel Drive vehicle.
The Ministry will also controversially spend ¢6.5 million on furniture. The Minister has been justifying the expenditure.
Parliament altogether approved a ¢1.1 billion budget for the Ministry which is expected to champion government’s special projects.
Out of the Ministry’s ¢1.1 billion cedis budget, ¢744 million cedis will be funded with oil money from the annual budgetary funding amount.
The Ministry for Special Development Initiatives is charged with implementing a set of New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto promises that was the highlight of the 2016 electioneering campaign.
These include the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Program (IPEP), through which all 275 constituencies are to get one million dollars every year.
There is also the popular industrialisation plan christened 'one district, one factory' and the government's irrigation plan, the 'one village, one dam'.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Same was mahama residence and other project that NPP complained was high. All those project were approved by parliament but you pigs complained and even tag NDC as thiefs.
This fu*cking NDC 100ting style of governance must stop! Nana Addo should rise up otherwise these vampires will bring him down with the speed of light. So disgusting!
Our problem is, we know the cost of everything but not the value there off. It has been passed by Parliament and that has become an issue, what if they had spent the money in question without the approval of the house? The desperation from the NDC is becoming too desperate. Is it the ministry going to account for every pessewa or not? Pure ***barred word***,I,t,y
The computer gurus are making money in Ghana oh! Apps and websites costs so much. It tells you the competence onf the ruling class. They are all bunch of ignurant folks. From NDC to NPP, all of them!!!
Website costing 8 billion old cedies. Ghana are we going or coming. Are we serious as a nation. When a professional design can design this for not more than $5,000. Now ghana is paying $166,000 for a website. God save us.
MYJOYONLINE.COM, WHY? IS IT BY FORCE TO WRITE SOMETHING BY ALL MEANS? THIS IS A VERY POOR WRITE-UP WITH JAUNDICED MIND. EVEN THE MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT PASSED IT. SIT UP AND SHINE YOUR EYES TO HELP MOTHER GHANA GROW.