Funds that accrued from former President John Mahama’s 10% salary cut policy were channeled into the construction of Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHIPS) compounds in the country, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, a former Deputy Minister of Communications, has said.
According to him, the policy was introduced for a purpose, and, so, was used for exactly that.
On Wednesday, 9 August, the Deputy Controller and Accountant General Kwesi Owusu told the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament that the money cannot be traced.
Mr Owusu said: “...As to what they have done with the money that one is not an area for us to answer because it was not statutory deductions which we should have taken and then say pay to SSNIT or pay to GRA. This one was a voluntary deduction so when you deduct, you give it to the one who asked you to deduct on his behalf.”
But responding to this assertion on his Facebook page on Thursday, August 10, Mr Kwakye Ofosu said: “A total of GHS2,190,718.30 had been deducted as of the end of December,2016. A total of GHS 2,130,718.30 had been paid to contractors who had either completed or were working on the CHPS compounds. Regarding the CHPS compounds themselves, a total of five had been completed at Gympokrom and Kwame Prakrom in the Upper Denkyira East District, Ada East in Greater Accra, Nkwanta Number 1 & 2 in the Western Region and Abontonso in the Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region.
“Another five were almost completed at Faso Bator and Supon in the Afram Plains North District as well as Dome, Gadokope and Samankwe in the Afram Plains South District.
“Another one was nearing completion at Tetegu Old Town in the Greater Accra Region. The last one was at foundation level at Ho Zongo as of the time we were leaving office,” he added.
He, therefore, disputed assertions that the money cannot be traced. “Any claim, therefore, that the monies so deducted cannot be accounted for, is most misleading and inaccurate.”
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Thank you hon Felix kwakye for setting the records straight. God bless you
But who said what is been written here is the just truth. Felix can talk...for a fact he can and as a matter of urgency round table to the matter had been done so that wont stop us from getting the truth. In any case, it become a public news that a 10% cut off salary of all govt appointees...yes a good gesture. Where those monies were, their total consolidation what n what such monies have been used for that was on the silence. Imagine the genuiness of these NDC people if not for a propaganda what prevented them from letting the public know of the accumulation of these monies and the usage thereof...why wait now before u are claiming it was used for CHIPS or whatever, apart from these monies did the NDC had no plans of the CHIPS...and now they could not complete...in opposition how do they intend to complete it.... It sounds funny to me dear ones...monies not theirs they create, loot and share how much more their 'own savings' they did to deceive us as if they are concern of our plight. Sh@m3 on you all...HYPOCRITES!!!
The media has turn to one way news full of fake stories from Daily Guide, Peace Fm, Adom Fm,Citi Fm, Oman FM, even State owned Daily Graphic is in comfortable lead when it comes to NPP Propaganda. The past seven months is full of gibberish being published out for public consumption. Felix thanks for exposing them.
The media should quickly go and check if what this pathological lair is saying is true. I doubt it. We have seen these denials before. NDC for you.