Former President John Dramani Mahama says it is untrue that the government inherited empty
coffers from his administration.
Discounting claims by some government officials and apologists of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) that they inherited nothing from the national kitty, Mr Mahama said that claim is false
and must be corrected.
Addressing delegates of the NDC at Asankragwa as part of his five-day flagbearership campaign tour of the Western Region, Mr Mahama touched on money inherited from various sources by the NPP administration when they took over the reigns of government on 7th January, 2017.
He explained that his administration left behind 200 million US Dollars in the Ghana
Infrastructure Development Fund, GHC700 million in the Road Fund and money from cocoa
syndication, among others.
He said the loans taken by the NDC administration were invested in roads, water, education,
hospitals and electricity, adding that there is nothing to show for all the money that the NPP
has borrowed.
Mr Mahama was also unhappy that the government was selling fertilizer marked “not for sale”
to cocoa farmers, even though his government distributed them free of charge to the farmers.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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As president you could not mention any amount you left. Incompetent even in opposition.
This guy is still incompetent in opposition! I thought being a president that he was and calling others not to talk about his government because they haven't been president before I thought he could show some maturity to go with his so called presidency but he is behaving even worst than a former mp!He should try to get some civil advisers to help him.
Why did you not pay the numerous contractors and rather left them to be paid by another government? Why did you go to the IMF at all for us to suffer as Ghanaians. We are still suffering because of the freeze on employment. AYEEKO