Former President John Mahama’s “limited vision” did not allow him to “visualise” how to create new regions even though seven petitions were presented to him as president to that effect, the Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, Mr Dan Botwe has said.
Speaking during a closed-door meeting with some disappointed business owners and importers in his office on Monday, 19 August 2019, the former President noted, in reaction to concerns about the government’s increasing budget overruns that: “There can be no justification for some of the ministerial portfolios created by this administration.”
“The Senior Minister, Minister of State in the Office of Vice-President, Minister of State in the Office of Senior Minister, Ministers for Procurement, Monitoring and Evaluation; Business Development, Special Initiatives, Aviation, Railway Development are all an unnecessary charge on the public purse”, Mr Mahama stated.
He also argued that with the completion of the creation of new regions, the Ministry for Regional Reorganisation has been rendered redundant.
Reacting to Mr Mahama’s comment about his ministry, the Okere MP told the media that: “When the UK wanted to get out of the EU, they appointed a whole minister for that”.
In Ghana, he continued, “They would have said: ‘This is just how to get out of the EU; why do you need a minister?’ But the UK didn’t do that. They appointed a minister. So, it’s about the vision that you have”.
In Mr Botwe’s view, Mr Mahama, who is the 2020 flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), lacked vision, as President, to do what the Akufo-Addo government has done.
“Did I hear a former President talk about that?” Mr Botwe asked.
“It shows the limited vision he [Mr Mahama] has”, the minister said, adding: “He doesn’t get it”.
“In the first place, he couldn’t do it”, the former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party insisted, adding: “The people made representation to him, he couldn’t do it because the capacity to visualise it and put in place a mechanism to achieve it, he didn’t have it, so, he couldn’t do it. His own people made appeals to him; he was not bold enough to do it”.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Limited vision, that is even credit, what of Akufo Addo who have no vision at all, uselesss and failure
So merely creating six (6) additional regions without any funds to support them is the vision? No wonder this country is where it is now. NPP has become a party which jumps first before it realises where it is going to land. GPS, Planting for food and jobs, Nabco, Free SHS, GPS, Drones, Ghana Card and many more. Uncle Dan, your party has created the greatest mess in the country. Please come again.
if Mahama had created even one region, it would mean he has "limited vision". "limited vision" would have been appropriate in that context compared to what Nana created. Since he did not create any, Mahama is pure vision less.
AS FOR MAHAMA I THINK HIS OWN DEEDS WILL KILL HIM, NPP DONT LOSE FOCUS CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS VERY VERY BAD I THINK WITH TIME NPP WILL SURELY MOVE GHANA FORWARD.
YOUR MAHAMA ON HIS OWN SAID HE CANNOT THINK FOR HIMSELF ,SO WHAT DO WE GOOD PEOPLE OF GHANA NEED THIS D E A D G O A T FOR. ASK OFOSU AMPOFO WHY.
You who have the VISION see how you have destroyed this country!!! Cheap TALK!! LOSERS!!