Former President John Dramani Mahama has accused the Akufo-Addo government of misappropriating the Zongo Development Funds.
At a meeting with Executives of the Federation of Muslim Council on Tuesday, Mr Mahama indicated that the fund must be used to address the major challenges of the people who lived in Zongo and not ‘insignificant things’.
“We don’t want to come and put up a ‘romantic’ Zongo Development Fund for show and use it to make football pitches for people to play, teach our women how to cook waakye among others,” he said.
He continued “We think that the issues facing the Muslim community are bigger than that. Access to education, how we put the children in school and keep them in school so that they don’t drop out.”
The Flagbearer of the opposition, National Democratic Congress (NDC) further asked, “what is the access to health care in the communities?” Stressing that these infrastructure and utilities are what government needs to prioritize so as to solve the development disparity in the country.
In November 2017, Parliament passed the Zongo Development Fund Bill which seeks to establish a Fund to speed up the development of Zongo communities into centers of opportunity.
Government explained that Zongo communities in the country have over the years been bedeviled with infrastructure deficits, lack of social services and poor sanitation and promised to provide 50 million dollars for the Fund when established.
Addressing the media, General Secretary of the federation of the Muslim Council, Alhaji Mohammad Addo also accused government of discriminating against Muslims arguing that there is no Muslim represented on the religious and chieftaincy advisory board. “There is no single Muslim represented on the board. They are about nine on the board; the Minister, his deputy, former minister, about 4 ministers of the gospel, no Muslim is on the board.
“And for a Ministry that seeks to administer issues regarding religions in the country including Muslims, we can’t fathom why a Muslim shouldn’t be on that board.”
Source: JFM/Ghana
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It is is bad when a government which has been in governments for 8 yrs couldn’t identify the need to establish policies to accelerate Nzongo development you know the Nzongo communities need health care , they have to be in school too and yet you did nothing about it in your 8 years stay in office . This clearly shows you can’t identify our problems and solve them . You don’t know what we need most . I think you should be ashamed on trying to teach the minister on how to use the Nzongo fund . The Minister is working hard to keep the Nzongo communities on progressive track .we need to kick out lopsided development in the country . Thanks 🙏
What is this man talking about? How is he able to monitor zongo funds when he did not establish one? How could he tell us someone is misappropriating funds he has put aside and planned for? It's like someone who wants to flirt with my wife telling telling her that, as a father, a husband , I am misappropriating funds I have put aside to construct a house for my family. Funny isn't it? this Mr Review Flag Bearer has nothing to say but just critise. the next time we will hear him telling those drafting the NDC Manifesto to add " Review of Zongo Development Fund and Programs. Hahahahaaaaa!!!! NDC and their John ford Mahama are tweeaaaaaa!!!!
And you said FREE SHS is not good? CONFUSED man!
I remember misappropriation at GYEDA, SADA, bus branding, double salary and many many more scandals under this corrupt John Ford Mahama. This Mahama guy is really annoying.... This kanazoe ford bribe taker must shh.uttt the fc.uk upp and enjoy his stolen money.
Oh! Ex-Prez Mahama, Why are you disappointing your then admirers like that? First Question is, What did you do with the over Two Hundred Million Ghana Cedis (Gh 200,000,000.00) of blessed SADA, which should have benefited the all your kinsmen in the North? For the four to eight years you stayed in the Castle and the Jubilee/Flag Staff House, you never notice the challenges of the Zongo communities, one of your highest vote baskets in the urban areas. It is good you never thought of them since the money voted for them could have been wasted like the SADA. We now know that you don't care about our struggles. You only want us to vote you to siphone our toils to Dubai while we struggle pay the debt of no benefit to us. Know therefore that, IF NDC present you to Ghana as the sole alternative for 20 electoral cycles, you'll never see the backyard of Jubilee/FlagStaff House again. We have permanently recovered from our short memory illness.
Massa what is wrong with putting a non-Muslim in charge of that Ministry? Is it only Muslims that live in the Zongos. Please think well and stop going round the nation preaching religious incitement. The country will not fall for your whims and caprices.
HYPOCRITE. YOU WERE IN POWER FOR EIGHT YEARS WHAT DID YOU DO FOR THE ZONGOS. SO YOU THINK DEVELOPING FOOTBALL TALENTS IS ***barred word***. EIIIII MAHAMA SERIOUSLY YOU LACK IDEAS.LOOK AT THE MONEY FOOTBALLERS ARE EARNING AND TRANSFERRING INTO THE COUNTRY. SOME INVESTING IN BUSINESSES. SOME OF THESE GENTLEMEN ARE FROM THE ZONGOS, SO INSTEAD OF MISUSING THEM AS HAWKS AND THE LIKE THEIR TALENTS CAN BE UNEARTHED THROUGH SPORTS. PLEASE GIVE US A BREAK AND BRING ON BOARD YOUR OWN POLICIES. WHAT IS YOUR POLICY DIRECTION FOR THIS COUNTRY?
oh president REVIEW when are you going to have your own ideas and mind
So do we have genuine Ghanaians who are following Mahama to rescue Mother Ghana. Which is better, Bus Branding of Football pitches? Mahama, the Zongo people are benefiting from free education so why talk about education in Zongos
What is this guy talking about, did you leave any fund for the Zongos, if someone had initiated a good idea and you think you have a better one bring it out and stop the politics and propaganda you can not match Nanas government in any way not even in the next world. go sleep make we hear