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Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the Akufo-Addo government to apologise to Ghanaians for making a u-turn on its position on the state contracting loans to finance projects.
In opposition, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) criticised the Mahama administration for taking loans to develop the country and promised to do things differently when elected.
But that promise has not been kept by the NPP. In its first 18 months, the Akufo-Addo government borrowed nearly eight billion dollars. That is approximately 40 billion Ghana Cedis.
And President Akufo-Addo last week said that his government would borrow to finance its programmes, adding that even the USA borrows.
Addressing delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Tantra Hills, Accra in the Trobu constituency on Monday, Mr Mahama pointed out that the government has made a uturn on the issue of loans and therefore called on it to apologise for its earlier attack on the NDC.
“We have all your quotations on loans”, he added.
Mr Mahama said when the NDC was in government and borrowed to invest in assets such as hospitals, roads, bridges, interchanges, ports expansion, electricity and water, among many others, the NPP consistently criticised the government.
“So today if you have turned around and you have seen that you can borrow and invest in assets, then the first thing you do is to apologise and say sorry to Ghanaians. But when u behave as if we don’t know what you said, and say even the US is borrowing. And so what?" he quizzed.
He said after borrowing almost GHC 40 billion, the NPP cannot tell Ghanaians what it has used the money.
Mr Mahama also rejected the claim by the NPP government that, it is using some of the borrowed money to service the debt behind left by the NDC government. He said the NDC in power also paid some of the loans left behind by the NPP administration, citing the Eurobond as an example.
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Please try and tell us your Policies and let us know what your bringing on Board .
Have you John Dramani Mahama apologized to Ghanaians for the mess you created? You have said that Ghanaians have short memory but we are not going to forget what you took us through. VALUE FOR MONEY ACCOUNTABILITY STILL AWAITS YOU.
NPP must go after these double salary NDC th!eves and send them to jail........ Mahama has no achievement to talk about..... he has no message for his NDC delegates.
Two years in power and we are comparing it with that of someone who spent 8 years no wonder we are where we are.
NANA ADDO GHANAIAN ARE GETTING ANGRY WITH YOU OOOO NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE BORROWING TO PAY THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DEBT NDC AND MAHAMA LEFT OOOO WE ARE ANGRY BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALLOWED THESE PEOPLE TO WALK ON THE SOIL OF GHANA FREE OF CHARGE. I AM OUTSIDE GHANA BUT IF YOU CAN ALLOW ME, I CAN PIN-POINT THE MONEY LOOTERS LIKE MAHAMA. HE WENT TO SUNYANI WHERE HE AND HIS FAMILY LOOTED THROUGH DMK AND HE IS ASKING YOU NANA TO ARREST THE PERSON WHO DID THAT. NANA DID YOU HEARD THAT? WHAT ARE DOING ABOUT IT? STOP THE BOOK LONG THING AND PUT THESE PEOPLE ON THEIR TOES. HABA
The public sector lack efficiency , and that's the reason people are beginning to reject big governance . Regions will see breakaway like what volta is experiencing . Blame past NDC governments . Today they're lamenting bitterly because the NPP has taken advantage of the maltreatment and they're determined to split the Akan part of the volta region to form the new Oti region . If the people want to go why not ? The NDC should be ashamed , after several years of continues trust , what did you give back to the people ? And most of them after elections they are never seen . Very wicked and selfish individuals . Next time you must know the true meaning of governance . It is not what you think is good for the people but rather what they feel is good for them . The people have sustained the NDC in all elections including the 2012 which later ended at the supreme court . Due to the wickedness the people have seen the need to split and it means NPP is now having a full region that will guarantee a massive victory in the next election. Finally , Whether a new region is created or not the NDC will never get the support og the vilta if you don't change from greedy governance to governance by the people . We know the MP are not capable of representing our interest entirely and they are equally not capable of taking decisions that will support value for money . Everything about governance in this country is waste . We borrow money to waste and just keep adding to hardship in the country
Ghanaians love your money being put to good use, no matter the borrowing. Yours was to create , loot and share. Why are you so desparate?
This incompetent ford bribe taker is annoying now.... I wonder who is listening to him. Delegates must chop his stolen cash and vote against him.
Who is this one too? Herh..let us think wati An apology of an ex-prez..get a message!😏