[ 2016-11-21 ]

After 8 Years And GHC248 Bn, 1 Interchange Is Not Enough – Bawumia
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Running Mate to Nana
Akufo-Addo, has chided the John Mahama – NDC
administration for celebrating the construction of
one interchange and trumpeting its mediocre record
in the last eight years, especially when a
comparative look at the performance of the
Kufuor-NPP administration shows that with far less
resources, it did much more than the current
government.

Referring specifically to the cacophony of noises
that has surrounded the commissioning of the
Circle Interchange, Dr. Bawumia noted that the NPP
with GHC20 billion was able to institute several
social intervention programmes, undertake major
transformational projects in all sectors and in
all parts of the country as well also build eight
interchanges in eight years.

Speaking at the St. John Bosco College of
Education in Navrongo on Thursday, Dr. Bawumia
wondered how a government which had had over
GHC248 billion in resources could be in such a
jubilant mood over one interchange they had put up
also in eight years.

“Can you imagine, with GHC248 billion, they have
collapsed the economy, they have created
hardships, they have created high unemployment,
our Northern schools cannot get feeding grants in
the senior high schools and we have major
challenges in this economy and today they want us
to be happy because they have built an Interchange
at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

“With GHC248 billion, they have been able to
build only one interchange in eight years. With
only GHC20 billion, the NPP built eight
interchanges in eight years so they cannot try and
hoodwink us by saying they have constructed Kwame
Nkrumah Interchange”, he said.

Moving into the inherent corruption and
incompetence that had bedevilled Ghana under the
NDC, Dr. Bawumia revealed to the astonishment of
the students gathered that Circle Interchange
costs almost ten times what was spent on the
Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange.

The Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange was constructed
for around US$9 million while the Kwame Nkrumah
Interchange was constructed for 75million Euros
(around 82 million dollars)

“The Kwame Nkrumah Interchange costs almost 10
times what the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange cost
and we are definitely not impressed because it is
not enough ”, he indicated.

Dr. Bawumia urged the students of the St. John
Bosco College of Education to work actively to
ensure the defeat of the NDC in the upcoming
election and noted that with the NDC, Ghanaians
will never witness the true benefits of their
taxes and resources as the NDC has decided to
prioritise corruption and not the wellbeing of the
people.

“We are going to get rid of this corrupt
government. With this government when you say
Teacher Training Allowances, they say there’s no
money; when you say Nursing Training Allowances,
they say there’s no money but when you say
Woyome, then there’s money, GYEEDA, Bus
Branding, then there’s money. Every corrupt
scheme they find money but when it comes to money
for the social and economic wellbeing of the
people, then there’s no money”, he added.

Dr. Bawumia toured the Navrongo Central and
Chiana-Paga constituencies on the 3rd day of his
Upper East Regional Tour which has already seen
him tour the Bongo, Nabdam, Talensi, Bolgatanga
Central and Bolgatanga East constituencies.

Source - Peacefmonline

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