NDC Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has asked his colleague in the August House, the NPP MP for Obuasi West, Kweku Kwarteng, to channel his advise to cut expenditure to the Executive arm of his government.
According to him, if the NPP MP is able to convince President Nana Akufo-Addo to stop renting luxurious private jets for his official and unofficial visits to save the country some money then parliament can be asked to do same.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' Programme, Isaac Adongo, who is also a member of the finance committee of parliament, expalined that he was a little bit confused as to why the Chairman of the Finance committee will try to blame the excessive use of public funds on other state institutions than his own government, especially the president who have decided to travel in comfort and grandeur at the expense of the poor tax payer.
"The economy is crumbling under the NPP government. Expenditure over the years is way over board and they have not been able to give a proper account of how much has been appropriated. Parliament over the years has approved far more in excesses of millions of Ghana cedis for the government and they have squandered it without even coming to parliament to give proper account of how those monies were spent".
"Look at the presidential travels alone, those monies spent could have been used to provide more infrastructure for some schools in my constituency and the country at large, so if you think there is so much spending going on in other state institutions and you feel that should be reduced, I think you should inform your president first," he noted.
Touching on the budget, he said as much as 103% of the country’s tax revenue is currently used to service interest on loans, a situation that does not augur well for development.
“Right now as a country, we have come to a point where we can no longer manage the narrative but manage the economy. There are problems with the wage bill which has now become the number two most significant item of expenditure.”
State Institutions Must Cut Expenditure - Kwaku Kwarteng
Former Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng, earlier this week, urged state institutions to cut spending on unnecessary expenditure to save the government purse.
He says the strength of the economy depends heavily on government's expenditure especially the state institutions who normally over spend their budget.
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A time will come when such personalities will never get to our parliament. When most Ghanaians are educated, the likes of Adongo will find it difficult to survive in politics.
I hope the honourable member of parliament did not use the words "your president". It would be very unfortunate for a representative of a distinguished constituency to use such language, all because of politics. Those of us in influential positions should be wary of what we say
Too much pitoo and Dog meat has rendered your thinking capability ***barred word***.For five years the president has hired plane for two occasions, can this be a news for you to dwell on. Ask Okudzeto Ablakwa how did it cost him to hire two planes to Bolgatanga during his wedding. Next time when you are coming to parliament from Bawka you should use Aboboyaa to demonstrate to your constituents that you are cost conscious. Bolga biiga.
The message of the Akufo-Addo Administration is: Ghana beyond aid. And he seems to be very consistent with that mantra. Indeed, the mantra of unwavering determination to propel Ghana forward. Therefore, he has to think beyond the box to do things differently as opposed to the status quo since our independence. And, if we are being honest and evaluating his performance within his policy guidelines and accomplishments to date, we should recognize that he has made many notable heads. Whether it is in his education, industrialization, or infrastructure policies, the bottom line is that we could realize that he is being dynamic in modernity in his approach to bringing Ghana forward. Of all these, we can see in many regions in Ghana the upspring of physical development. I bet if Ghanaians were left to keep their own counsel and determine who rules them for their benefit, the NDC would be dormant for the next twenty years.