The Akufo-Addo government, which is on “autopilot”, has paid only 30 per cent of the funds meant for the first-year implementation of the Free Senior High School programme, former President John Mahama has said.
At the main opposition National Democratic Congress’ first National Conference of Ex-MMDCEs, Mr Mahama said: “It’s like every minister in this government has his own kingdom, and it’s like the government is on autopilot; there doesn’t seem to be somebody in charge, and, so, any minister gets up and says anything”.
Providing what, in his view, is evidence to buttress his claim, Mr Mahama said the Akufo-Addo government has consistently been shifting the goalpost on virtually all its major pre-election promises.
“I mean look at the timelines for different things: National ID starts November, December, January, February, March, May.
“Or One District-One Factory is ready to start. Fifty-seven factories by end of 2017. Then somebody comes and says: ‘Oh, we’re getting the money from here but the rate was not acceptable, so, we are going to look for money from somewhere.
“Different timelines, everybody speaking a different language, it’s like the government is just, as I said, ‘Governance-As-You-Go’, ad hoc decisions, all the initiatives like free SHS, no policy guideline, and, as of now, the information we have is that for the first year, only 30 per cent of the money that should have been paid to the schools has been paid, 70 per cent has not been paid”, Mr Mahama claimed.
He said: “One Village-One Dam, [The government said]: ‘We don’t dig dams in a rainy season’, rainy season came and went, dry season came and rainy season has come again, so, are we going to wait till the next dry season before they start digging?
“One Million Dollara Per Constituency; and what I find strange is they don’t add the per year. It was not one million per constituency, it was one million dollars per constituency per year, that’s 275 million dollars a year. Now even the first one million dollars per constituency is nowhere to be found. Ashanti Regional Minister says it’s been disbursed, somebody, too, says it’s coming”, Mr Mahama ridiculed.
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i'm thinking of how we can vote you out as a former president, you don't deserve that title.
Dude, some of us have good memories paaa. You made countless promises about dumsor until you promised not to promise again. What are you saying?? You are gradually losing it oo. The respect I mean. If you ever dream of becoming a President again, then am sorry to its gonna be a never ending dream.
You've become too talkative. Listen, your founder says, you should embrace core valuee.
See the pot calling the kettle black.
AN OUTO-PILOT IS BETTER THAN A VISIONLESS AND CLUELESS ***barred word*** LIKE YOU. BETTER ***barred word***.
The center cannot hold!!! Did you even propose a single policy to the benefit of GHANA? Look, someone must advice this man to just keep quiet and forget about presidency in Ghana. Dumsor mpo, you could not solve. He should just give us a break.
Man , you are talking too much, you talk like a serial caller, you have lost your importance, how statutory payment were in arreas for more than 5yrs when you were left office, what of health insurance scheme claims , You are still incompetenttt even in opposition, what makes you think your performance was better than today. Do you think we have forgotten about st3@lings in your government , your government was more than an arm-r0bber and you being the leader of the r0bbers
John Dramani Mahama is not serious. He cannot even prove his allegation.
He's lost relevance.......talking like a serial caller
***barred word*** Mahama, nana will deliver on his promises. Delay is not denial unlike u who came to steals statecraft funds. Ghanaians don’t trust u.