The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says President Akufo-Addo has “monumentally failed” to honour his assurance of giving every constituency with $1 million each year.
$1m per constituency: The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says President Akufo-Addo has “monumentally fell short” to honour his assurance of giving every constituency with $1 million each year.
Attending to the media at the first edition of the NDC’s Weekly Press Conference, the Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak affirmed that although the Head of state has actually obtained one of the most resources as the President of Ghana, he has done really little to reveal for it.
The Asawase MP worried that all that President can boast of after his 3 and half years in power are a couple of toilets, warehouses, markets mechanized water systems, ambulances as well as sub-standard dugouts.
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“It is instructive to note that per the $1m per constituency promise of President Akufo-Addo, each constituency should have received a total of $3 million, which leads to a total of $825 million by now (excluding that of the year 2020), or benefitted from development projects equivalent to that amount by now,” he added.
Muntaka Mubarak indicated that it summed up to ¢462,979,103, equivalent to just $81 million which represents 9.8 per cent of the total of $825 million that government promised.
He further noted that the project costs have not only been inflated but also MPs have been sidelined in the choice and execution of development projects in their respective constituencies.
Comparing the Akufo-Addo led management to that of previous President Mahama’s, he specified the whole $81 million spent is lesser than that of the Neighborhood Water and Hygiene Agency under the NDC routine.
