Member of Parliament [MP] for Bongo Constituency in the Upper East Region, Hon. Edward Abambire Bawa, has accused appointees of the Akufo-Addo-led government of "wanton dissipation of public funds" and exhibiting profligate lifestyles by "flaunting polished wedding bands on their ring finger".
Additionally, he claims, state funds are needlessly allocated and distributed to complete ghost projects without recourse to proper accounting procedures.
Subjecting the 2019 Mid-year Budget Review to critical analysis on UTV's "Adekye Nsroma" show, the NDC MP accused the current government of playing on the minds of Ghanaians saying seven months into the year, the Finance Minister is still "listing the same roads captured in the 2018 and 2019 main budget and Monday's mid-year review" that the NPP government under Nana Akufo-Addo, assured Ghanaians that his administration was about to construct or reconstruct
"See, before the John Mahama administration left office, all the infrastratural developments; the Ridge Hospital, the new Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport, the Kwame Nkrumah "Dubai" interchange, the Kejetia market, were undertaken courtesy revenue accrued from the discovery of oil from just the Jubilee field. Under this present administration, we have 3 oil-fields...bringing in over Ghc100bn and yet they have borrowed over Ghc80bn in addition. When you questioned them what exactly they expended all these funds on, they can only cite the free SHS," he lamented.
And even with that social intervention policy, Hon Bawa voiced these reservations.
"....with the free SHS, if you factor this year's academic calender into the equation, funds used to sustain the policy will amount to some GHc3bn. So having borrowed Ghc80bn within two and a half years, and with the three oil-fields generating a combined Ghc100, and government spending GHc3bn on free SHS and some GHc22bn on salaries and emoluments, we ask them (NPP) what has happened to the excess funds?....the Bible says to whom much is given, much is expected; today, the NPP cannot point to any significant project to back the unquantified sums of monies that have passed through their hands," he stated.
Clearly umipressed with how the current government is managing the economy, Hon. Bawa, a one-time Spokesperson for the Energy Ministry during the erstwhile Mahama administration, said the kind of corrupt practices government appointees are engaged in shocks even the devil with the Presidency now turned into a "clearing house" of members accused of graft.
"The country's capital expenditure as a percentage to GDP has moved from 4.5 to 1.2, so you ask yourself where has all these monies been channeled to? It's been needlessly expended, wanton dissipation of funds.... What is sad about all these is that, even with the wasteful expenditure it is within their own circles, non-NPP members have been totally ignored! Their wedding rings have changed. Check out their fingers, they now flaunt and brandish polished wedding rings.
Recently, the CDD (Centre for Democratic Development’s) made public the findings of a study which shows that GHc 9.6 billion has been lost from the public purse as a result of corrupt practices in the country since 2017....President Akufo Addo and his officers have deliberately allocated three times the amount needed to fund the free SHS policy, directing the remaining two-thirds into their pockets without rendering any account to the state,” he alleged.
He insisted on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ newspaper discussion segment that “the NPP needs to apologize to Members of Parliament based on the 2019 mid-year budget review read in the House on Monday, because it was an opposite of their promises made to Ghanaians”.
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this man is ***barred word***, his heart is filled with jealousy even ASIEDU Nketia has a house in CANADA and has been able to educate his kids there so whats wrong if a married person flaunts his or her ring
He wants his party and constitunents to know he is still around.
Honourable, honourable,i am an ordinary teacher but if i ask my wife to flaunt her wedding ring here ,you will report me to God.
The silent majority are watching and listening,whether they bought these expensive wedding rings with stolen state money before their political appointments or after,we will get to know all sooner than later for by their deeds ye shall know them.In any case the incompetence of this administration is beyond pardon after all these gaurantee of we have the MEN
These Ntafuo are destroying ndc like they destroyed pnc! no wonder the Voltarians are not talking how can you talk when they've made up their minds to destroy ndc nothing good comes out from their mouth. Their flagbearer is worst off and they think to be president is by force it's he who can insult and say false witnesses against others! those this Adongo is insulting have constituents who voted for them and are the majority and they will never leave them and vote for a Bolga dog to come and disturb our ears if Ken. Ofori Atta can't do it how can Adongo aaaah! mo ***barred word*** no, your arrogance and know it all attitude make your ndc unattractive and nauseating !
THIS GUY IS TOO CHEAP. HOW MUCH WILL A WEDDING RING COST THAT A MINISTER CANNOT BUY? NDC POLITICS IS SO NAUSEATING, BRUTISH AND BARBARIC. MAHAMA BRANDED BUSES WITH HIS PICTURES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAX PAYER FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTORAL ADVANTAGE AND YOU SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
The supposed corruption in NPP is in NDC's DREAMS! Who can beat NDC in corruption?
GOVERNANCE IS NOT A TRIAL AND ERROR PHENOMENA. YOU HAVE A GOVERNMENT WITH OVER 150 lazy, empty headed and LOUD NOISE MINISTERS OF STATE. OVER 1500 PRESIDENTIAL STAFFERS WHO SPECIALIZED IN DUBBING INAUGURAL SPEECHES, DUBBING OF GHANA BEYOND AID DOCUMENTS FROM KENYA, IMPOTENT AND CERTIFIED BAWULIAR, INTOLERANT PRESIDENT. DO I HEAR LOUD AND EMPTY HEADED ENERGY MINISTER PETER AMEWU WHOSE PREDECESSOR AGYARKO MISLED SUPPER INCOMPETENT AND IMPOTENT NANA ADDO TO SIGN METYLENOUS AGREEMENT SAYING THAT TIME WAS NOT ON THEIR SIDE TO PERUSE AND DO DUE DILIGENT ON DOCUMENTS BROUGHT BEFORE HIM? I GUESS HE MIGHT BE SLEEPING ON HIS JOB. ENERGY MINISTRIES ALONE IS PLAGUED WITH OVER 3 DEPUTIES MINISTERS FEEDING ON YOUR TAX AND DOING PRACTICALLY LAZY JOB. I RECOMMEND TO THE ENERGY MINISTER AND HIS DEPUTIES A SEMESTER COURSE COURSE IN COMMON SENSE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAM DUE DILIGENCE. WHAT IS THE RATIONAL FOR THE HASTE TO SIGN PDS CONTRACT WITH X MEN BARBERING SHOP OWNER? IS IT FOR A ''CHOBBOO' ? WHEN YOUR INCOMPETENT IS LEGENDARY AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF YOUR COMPETENCY AND SKILL SET IS WEAK, FRAUDSTERS CAN EASILY PLAY ON YOUR MIND AND SUCCEED. THE SO CALLED ''SHALLOW, HOLLOW, LOUD SPOKEN,EMPTY HEAD AND INEXPERIENCE MEN AT HELM OF AFFAIRS, THIS IS THE KIND RESULTS YOU GET.
I blame the host for this . Journalist should be informed and know their stuff and not to allow any I d I o I t to go away with such lies
Should every thing be called an honourable? I think this name "honourable" has been brutally raped.