Member of Parliament for Bolga Central, Isaac Adongo, has alleged Ghana is currently broke, claiming government had to borrow money before it was able to pay salaries of public service workers in September 2017.
He claimed on Onua FM Tuesday that the government is struggling with its finances, stating “They don’t have the money and they won’t tell us the real state of affairs”. Dr. Adongo questioned the competence of the Akufo-Addo-led government, claiming it is sleeping on the job. He said it is apparent that the government is struggling to get its economic priorities right, a situation he observed, is making it difficult for the government to spend this year, because “they don’t have the money”.
Speaking on Onua FM, Tuesday, he explained the actions of the Akufo-Addo administration, especially with regards to parliamentary business, is a clear sign that government is not serious in taking the best decisions for the citizenry “How can they say they are serious when bills are being withdrawn left right and center.
This is the third time this Zongo Development Fund Bill 2017 is being withdrawn, why? Tell them they are sleeping on the job, they should not be taking us for granted” he said. The MP claimed government is deliberately delaying the passage of the Zongo Development Fund Bill so that it can “conveniently” give excuses for not spending the GHC1.38 billion earmarked for the project. “We are almost at the end of the year and the vehicle for spending that money is in a limbo and from now to December, it will be difficult for people to set up an SME business,” he noted Mr Adongo who is also a member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, again painted a gloomy picture of the country’s survival, claiming the government is not being truthful to its citizens by keeping the true state of the economy to itself.
“Let me ask you this, government is now saying they need 50,000 acres of land in each district to implement their flagship ‘One District, One Factory policy’, which is equivalent to 200,000 houses. I live in Adenta and even if they demolish all the buildings there, there is no way they will get that size of land, so is this not another excuse. Government just set out to fail” he averred.
Source: 3news.com
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If Ghana is broke then don't forget about your past when NDC was in power, (1)50 Million Ghana cedis for Wayome, (2)16 million euro dead ambulance (3)Gyeda,(4)Sada (5)3 million Ghana cedis Buss branding (6)Rlg saga (7) about millions of cedis given to fake SNIIT boss (8) NEC, (9)14 million dollars building for formor vice president, (10) over pricing ridge hospital (11)selling of merchant bank (12) flying millions of dolors to Brazil world cup ..i can't say all ..many more are yet
This Neanderthal and the likes of John Mahama are the people who give Northerners a bad name. John Mahama single handedly bankrupted the Ghanaian economy and left a huge mess. This barking Bongo dog never lets up. He is always enlarging his voice on radio and proclaiming doom for Ghana. I should tell him and all the other evil NDC acolytes that what they dream of will never see the light of day. Ghana will succeed.Blame Nkrumah. Characters like these should have been left to tend cattle.
Adongo would have shuttt up if Nana Addo was serious about jailing corrupt members of the past NDC govt and their conniving public servants who have looted the treasury. i blame nana addo for letting the corrrrupt NDC ppl walk about and enjoy their loot whiles he waits for special prosecutor. It is clear NDC MPs are frustrating the Special Prosecutor bill so that they can get away with their loot
Ndc is very annoying, after bankrupting the nation, you have the nerves to tell us Ghana is broke? Was it not broke before you left office, you people stole more money than our GDP, my only beef with Nana Add is that people like you are not in jail already
Ghana being broke mpo ni,Free SHS, restoration of trainee allowances and others. Nana will then do greater things when Ghana becomes rich. Then Nana is the right man to rule Ghana. He should rule till he is not strong to rule
Did NDC EVER withdraw bill in its inept 8 yrs rule? Oh, NDC, confused!
VERY SURPRISED ABOUT THIS MP. IS HE A GHANAIAN AT ALL? FOUND OF ALWAYS SPEAKING DOOM, NEGATIVE AND WISHES BAD FOR GHANA B'COS NPP IS RULING. AS A MAN (MR ADONGO) THINKS IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE ......
This Adongo boy always backs like old wild mad dog. Am surprised he is always on air trying to make himself popular but ended making very bad name instead. Its just paining him that his incompetent government is booted out of power and praying that NANA fails so he jubilates, but na lie. So far so very good and everyone can see. We know that the difficulties we are facing as a nation now is as a result of the ***barred word*** of the NDC. What is wrong if monies are borrowed to pay salaries? Is it not better that to borrow and share like the NDC did? Spare us our ears ooo, Adongo
Every government incurs debts and generates some assets stop this unnecessary blame game and govern. When wise people talk next time you would not call them incompetent again.
You live in Adentan and so what? Are the factories all going to be located there for you to make such a headless argument about pulling down the structures there?