Prophet Badu Kobi, the founder and leader of the Glorious Wave Ministry has lambasted the Nana Addo-led administration for spending GHC5.24 million from state coffers on the Ghana@60 celebration.
The Prophet says it makes no financial sense for a government who promised to protect the public purse, to spend such an amount on a 60th anniversary.
President Nana Akufo-Addo in February 2017, announced that the Ghana@60 celebration will be costing an estimated GHC20 million and corporate Ghana will be sponsoring the event.
“This diamond jubilee commemoration is estimated to cost some GHC20 million and I am hoping that individual Ghanaians, the Ghanaian private sector and corporate Ghana in particular, will provide the funds for this anniversary.”
“My ambition is to commemorate this anniversary with minimum or no burden at all on the national treasury… this must be a Ghanaian undertaking in its true sense and I am appealing to all Ghanaians to chip in to make a success of this important undertaking,” the President said in February.
However, it has emerged that the state allocated an amount of GHC5.24m from the state coffers to undertake various activities as part of the Ghana@60 celebrations.
Deputy Minister of Finance Kwaku Kwarteng appearing before Parliament on Thursday said, GHC3.1m was sourced from government’s coffers while GHC2.16m was sourced from the District Assembly Common Fund.
“The Ministry of Finance released an amount of GHC5.26 million cedis towards the celebration of the 60thindependence anniversary of Ghana.
This was made up of GHC3.1 million from government of Ghana sources of funding and GHC2.16 million from the District Assembly Common Fund. Out of the total GHC5.26 million, GHC3 million went to the office of the Chief of Staff at the Ghana at 60 secretariats while GHC100,000 and GHC2.1 million went to the 100 regional coordinating councils and 216 district assemblies respectively,” Mr. Kwarteng said.
But responding to the revelation, Prophet Badu Kobi slammed government and questioned why a state that was financially challenged, spend lavishly on its 60th birthday.
‘’Why should we spend such an amount of money? What was the amount used for? There is something wrong with us as a country. You waste such an amount of money and when Prophet Kobi who is a tax payer, complains, you insult him and say he should not talk? I am not a spectator but a citizen. I am also an authority as a man of God to complain. You spend the amount on celebration for what? You spend this amount only in Accra within six months?" he quizzed.
He has threatened a legal action against the Akufo-Addo-led administration.
When asked if there was nothing positive under the current NPP government six months into their administration, he said, “I will only commend them for the commitment to resource the National Identification Authority but aside that, there is nothing positive under this government I can bodily point to. They have failed to deliver on their promises. The one-district-one-factory policy promised Ghanaians has not started and we are in the seventh month.”
On the promise by the government not to borrow, he slammed the NPP for deceiving Ghanaians to vote for them only to assume office and borrow about 40 billion in only six months.
‘’The government is not sincere. They deceived Ghanaians to get their votes. ’No man including myself is perfect but every man must be sincere. Where is the vision of this government to do things without loans? Our politicians need power but can do little,’’ he fumed.
Source: rainbowradioonline.com
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***barred word*** talk.Dont you have eyes to see?99
Just because his prophecies did not came to pass he said Nana Addo can never be a president and now he is the president so he is not happy because everybody knows he is a false prophet.he should give us a brake,the world knowns he is fake fake false prophet.
Look carefully at his face in the photo. This man is a rabid dog...
So your great Mahama with al his resources that he threw at the electorate (half piece cloths, sewing machines, outboard motors, rice, scooters, Maggi cubes, cash handouts and so much more), traveling with choppers all over the place, even the Chief of Staff abandoning his job, it only took a few "deceivers" to win the election? Don't be naive. Ghnanains are far more sophisticated than that now. The rantings by your prophet won't wash.
After a fail prophecy,You are now a political analyst... After taking peoples money in the name of offering,tithe and seed sowing, what do you use the money for? buy cars and dash them to celebrities who don't go to church let alone know Christ and you think that is not deceiving and lies. You are free to criticizes if you see something is wrong and for that, the president have asked all of us not to be spectators. But to say Ghanaians were deceived to vote for the npp is an insult to Ghanaians of which you are one.
1. Does your church pay tax? 2. Cuz Gh. is financially stranded do you think it was prudent to organize d Gh@60? 3. What do u think d amount that went to the 100 regional coordinating council and 216 districts assemblies going to do? Guess for dev't in d districts n regions. 4. I guess I hv to end my tens of qtns I wanted to ask n laugh over his view on d 1district 1factory policy. Never bordered to end d story cuz I got my grading score๐๐๐๐
KARMA. That is what has visited the NPP. When their so called Prophet Owusu Benpah and Emmanuel Martey brain washed Ghanaians and called the NDC and then Prez Mahama Evil, the NPP hailed that as coming from God. Today, the NPP knows there can be false prophets. Well let them not look further than Owusu Bempah and Emmanuel Martey because aside these two there can not be any false prophet in Ghana.
It's amazing certain personalities claim to be pastors and men of God. When and where did I they receive their calling? When you visit shrines and succeed in deceiving illiterate Ghanaians then you claim pastoriaship. You are always in the news for the wrong reasons. Great pastors do not advertise themselves the way you do. How can God stay in this country in the midst of such charlatans. Do you look at your relatives eyes and feel unashamed? Some Ghanaians are very discerning. Your father must have regretted having you.
As a prophet of God, l was expecting you to seek the face of God for the betterment of Ghana but not otherwise. You are all calling yourselves prophets because of the stomach. God's punishment is going to come upon you very soon. You who have been using His name
Just because your fake prophesy was exposed by the election won by Nana, you are ranting like a mad lion. I will take you to court for you to render your church's account and account for the numerous cars you have been sharing. You could live under 8 years of ndc but 7 months of npp is wahala?