The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has disclosed that more than GHȼ99.8 million oil funds spent under a capacity building scheme by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government were used to bribe voters to retain the party in the 2012 general elections.
Chairman of the committee, Dr Steve Manteaw, stated that according to a report the capacity building was used as a smokescreen to pay off some voters, particularly young people.
He was speaking at a public forum organized by his outfit at Bechem, capital of the Tano South Municipality of the Brong-Ahafo Region, on the management of petroleum revenues and utilization – from 2011 to 2017.
The latest revelation mounts pressure on the erstwhile Mahama administration after a string of corruption allegations and non-existent so-called oil-funded projects it claimed to have completed in the three regions of the north.
Dr Manteaw explained that while GHȼ35 million of the supposed capacity building money was expended on MASLOC loanable funds, GHȼ8.1 million was squandered on livelihood enhancement against poverty (LEAP) and more than GHȼ4 million on skills training in road maintenance.
“Where are the people who were given skills training in road maintenance? How could a government give out capacity building money to be used as loanable funds?” he asked rhetorically and concluded that they were all meant to buy votes.
For him, it’s purely a misapplication of funds on the part of the then NDC administration to use GHȼ2 million of the oil revenue as support for the creative industry, questioning the validity of such support scheme to the detriment of priority areas.
The PIAC chairman revealed that the NDC government expended another GHȼ15.9 million of the oil revenue on the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) under the capacity building scheme.
Dr Manteaw was worried that the oil money, which is a complementary fund to support educational infrastructural funds and modernisation of agriculture, should be used recklessly.
He disclosed that per the ministry of finance’s report covering the period 2011 to 2016, an amount of GHȼ33 billion plus of oil revenue was given for distribution in the annual budgetary fund allocation.
This, according to him, was meant for agricultural modernisation, road and other infrastructure, expenditure and amortisation of loans, as well as GIIF, capacity building and operation of PIAC.
Source: Daily Guide
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go nd make such ***barred word*** comment in kyebi where gabby o darko, Ken James bond, asante bediotuo and akufool addo are located. ***barred word*** 🐷 pigs.
if you have evidence that the said amount was used to buy votes,proceed to court and spare our ears with your super incompetency, you think this baseless media trails will retrieve the money you are alleging was used.
Dr. Manteaw is a shame to this country. How can an elder like him, in such a sensitive position, just conclude like that? What is the bases for his rhetorical position ??. It is really a shame that such elders would talk from their A.N.US. Shall we therefore also conclude that, NABCO is for vote buying, even though it seems obvious. Such f.oooo.lss not thinking before talking are the likes bringing down this country just to gain favor from their political master
John Ford Mahama is a conman......
Dr. Manteaw look at what you have become? For me, it is a shame that you went to that forum and have nothing to say but this. Everything in this country is NPP or NDC. You are not useful for the country at large ...
We've being hearing this all the time, enough of this nosenssssssssseeeeeeee. JAIL them or shutupppppppppp
mental case
IF THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT CAN'T DELVE INTO SOME OF THESE CORRUPT PRACTICES OF CREATE LOOT AND SHARE ISSUES; AND PUNISH PEOPLE INVOLVED. THEY SHOULD ALSO KEEP QUITE AND THE DAY OF RECKONED SHALL SURELY COME. JAIL THEM ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL OR LET US THINKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.