Ghana is leading the United States of America as far as the development of social-economic infrastructure is concerned, President John Mahama has said.
Mr Mahama, who is campaigning in the Upper West Region ahead of the 7 December polls said the two leading candidates in the just-ended American presidential election – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – promised to sink a lot of investment into infrastructural development during their campaigns.
“The American elections have just ended. Both candidates, a central plank of their economic policy is to invest massively in social and economic infrastructure. And if we have started that in Ghana already, it means we are one step ahead of the United States,” Mr Mahama told party supporters.
He said the two candidates made those promises “because, investing in social and economic infrastructure creates jobs and puts food on the table for Ghanaians.”
“When you are building roads, the people who work on the roads are Ghanaians and they are being paid and they are feeding their families.
“And the good thing is today as I speak to you, 95 percent of road contractors working in Ghana on our roads are Ghanaians. It means that the money that we are paying to them is ending up in this economy its circulating within the economy.”
Mr Mahama recently inaugurated a 74-million euro flyover at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and a boxing complex at Bukom in Jamestown, both in the Greater Accra Region.
Source: classfmonline.com
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At times it break my heart to hear a country who has intelligent people for our president to talk like this. Indeed u are really incompetent. I guess u hv been to America b4 so how can u say ur ahead of America in infrastructure development. Do u sleep when u go to America?? #change is coming
Non of the candidate s here promise infrastructure, it is a non issue here, they campaign on issues like economic, social,job creation, tax deduction and school fees. So someone should educate our president or maybe he is lying as usual.
@Nana Kalypo: You see your hypocrisy. When the NPP was carrying out unprecedented infrastructure and social interventions (unprecedented because Ghana had no oil Money to back them), you guys said all things to discredit them just to win votes. Today you are confronted with similar situation and you say what? Look your president is day dreaming to compare America' infrastructure with that of Ghana. Even the underground sewage system alone make Ghana far, far away from America, not to mention the railway system.
The president should throw away that flask filled with VC 10 away. Apio is not good for him.
The president seems to have also been caught up in Woyome's disorientation after the Martin ruling. He has been speaking like a drunkard in the last few days. This is gutter presidency!
@Jonathan Lagos. you are not brought up well by your parents otherwise. you wouldn't have made those comments. American president elect Donald Trump said he will invest in infrastructure ie. roads.hospitals, schools etc. meanwhile here in Ghana we are undermining all the big projects undertaking by the president for our future. You are a big iddfdiooit and the most stttuuuppppidd human being to ever walk on this planet. Your parents didn't brought you up well. absurd Nnnoonnsensee
What's wrong of this president at all he talk by heart.
HOW DUMMMMMME CAN YOU BE? ONLY IN GHANA WHERE SOMEBODY LIKE YOU CAN BE A PRESIDENT,WHITH ALL THIS CORRUPTION AROUND YOUR NECK, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL, FOOOLISH,MAN
JM Toa "gyimiiiiii" no so
Mr. President did u say Ghana is one step ahead of US, my foot u don't know what u are talking about. U are the most funniest president Ghana has had. I laugh laugh laugh enter my bathroom.