Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has revealed that its inspection has revealed that oil-funded projects in the three Northern Regions in 2016 are non-existent.
Chairman of PIAC, Dr Steve Manteaw, addressing a press conference in Accra yesterday said PIAC was compiling what he described as a list of ‘Ghost projects’ and will soon call upon the Auditor-General for further investigation.
According to a 2013 report on the management of petroleum revenues by PIAC, an amount of GH¢372.07 million out of the GH¢543.78 million of the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) representing 68.42 per cent was spent on roads and other infrastructure.
Also, according to the report, the remaining GH¢287.20 million representing 35 per cent of the ABFA allocation was spent on several infrastructural sectors, including energy, education, water, housing, security and health.
He alleged that: “Six projects were inspected in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Regions [and] the findings and observations were overwhelming with fifty per cent of the projects being non-existent.”
In the committee’s interaction with indigenes of the regions during “our district engagement in about sixty districts later in 2016, concerns were raised as to whether PIAC verifies projects which have been reported by the ministry of finance to have been undertaken with petroleum revenues.”
He said, “over fifty per cent of school projects inspected showed signs of serious deterioration in less than three years after completion” including a six-unit classroom block at Apedwa SDA Primary School in the East Akim District of the Eastern Region which has begun to sink due to poor siting and shoddy work.
Source: Today Newspaper
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The NDC is a MENACE to Ghana They lack people with Intellectual and critical Minds Never again this CORRUPT, GREEDY, CLUELESS and INCOMPETENT Party of an NDC
this is purely attention diversion from the current Ghana-US military deal hitting NPP. Eyes are watching
Northern caucus should blame tier representative for lying to them .NDC is not northerners . They used them to make a lot of money. Northern MPs who always make noise are disgrace and should be ignored henceforth.
OH NDC. CRIMINALLLLL GANG. AM VERY SURE THEY WILL ORGANIZE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY. MAHAMHA RATHER NEED OBINIM STICKER IF HE WANTS TO COME BACK IN 2028.
Oh no that's "witch hinting" ***barred word*** hunting!!! NDC ***barred word***. A cartel of crooks!!
This was the modus operandi of the cr!m!nal NDC during their 8 years in power..... These NDC thifs who are making noise now should never get to power again in this country... most of them should be in Nsawam jail ..... This were the means they made free money to put up their huge national headquarters building..... NDC is only clever at stealing state money..... They plundered the oil cash..... Kuffuor government perform better without oil cash. John Ford Mahama on top of oil cash went to borrow money from the IMF. Some of his ministers took double salary...... c.r.azy. Now we know the nation wreckers.. It is the NDC party....