Felix Kwakye Ofosu, a former Deputy Minister of Communications has dared the Akufo-Addo-led government to reduce salaries of his appointees just as ex-president John Mahama did in order to complete the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHIPS) compounds project around the country.
According to him, there is still a backlog of debt to pay the contractors who executed most of the completed projects.
Therefore, to the extent that the NDC government is out of office, appointees of the new government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) must follow the example of the Mahama administration by sacrificing some percentage of their salaries towards completion of the projects.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu threw the challenge to the government while providing explanation about what the 10% pay cut accruals of the Mahama administration was used for following media reports that it could not be accounted for by the Controller and Accountant General.
He told Moro Awudu, host of the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class 91.3FM on Thursday August 10 that: “As of December 2016 6 of the CHIPS compounds had been competed, 5 were nearing completion and 1 was at foundation stage.
“The total contract sum was GHS 2, 549,112.76 which meant that there was deficit of about 400,000 to pay to the contractors who had executed the job.
“Of course we had hoped that we will continue to be in government so that we will be able to raise that money to complete all the projects but perhaps the president will impress upon its appointees to make the same sacrifice that we made.”
On Wednesday, 9 August, the Deputy Controller and Accountant General Kwesi Owusu told the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament that the money cannot be traced.
Mr Owusu said: “...As to what they have done with the money that one is not an area for us to answer because it was not statutory deductions which we should have taken and then say pay to SSNIT or pay to GRA. This one was a voluntary deduction so when you deduct, you give it to the one who asked you to deduct on his behalf.”
But Mr Kwakye Ofosu further explained that: “A total of GHS2,190,718.30 had been deducted as of the end of December,2016. A total of GHS 2,130,718.30 had been paid to contractors who had either completed or were working on the CHPS compounds. Regarding the CHPS compounds themselves, a total of five had been completed at Gympokrom and Kwame Prakrom in the Upper Denkyira East District, Ada East in Greater Accra, Nkwanta Number 1 & 2 in the Western Region and Abontonso in the Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region.
“Another five were almost completed at Faso Bator and Supon in the Afram Plains North District as well as Dome, Gadokope and Samankwe in the Afram Plains South District.
“Another one was nearing completion at Tetegu Old Town in the Greater Accra Region. The last one was at foundation level at Ho Zongo as of the time we were leaving office,” he added.
He, therefore, disputed assertions that the money cannot be traced. “Any claim, therefore, that the monies so deducted cannot be accounted for, is most misleading and inaccurate.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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LISTEN TO THE ***barred word*** TALK FROM A FUUUULISH BOY WITHOUT HOME TRAINING
FELIX, I PREFER A INCORRUPTIBLE PRESIDENT WHO WILL NOT CUT HIS SALARY TO A PRESIDENT WHO CUTS HIS SALARY AND TURN AROUND TO ENGAGE IN MASSIVE CORRUPTION. WISE UP FELIX.
When Nana was campaigning, talking about one-district one factory, one village one dam, they did not listen to his message; all they saw was Nana was drinking kalypo and started doing propaganda. We all saw how it ended. NDC needs matures men and women to handle the party and not these I.D.I.O.T.S. and opportunists.
So don't the ndc have knowledgeable people to be talking on behalf of the party? The propaganda and attacks on Nana Addo is rather selling him more. They forget that one of the tricks that marketed Nana in 2016 was the propaganda they had wanted to do with the Kalypo he was drinking, which rather made him more popular. NDC, if you get the media platform let Ghanaians know what you can do and not this kind RUBBISH you are spewing out. it will never work. No political party can take us for a ride not even Nana and the NPP.
See another baby with sharp teeth who never speaks s3ns3. When u get any media platform u use it to do propaganda and if u dont know the more u do that the more u are making a good market for Akuffo Addo so better wise up in your thinking. How was that ur salary cut off used, that cut off was done on paper but at the back yard all u did was to create, loot and share. mr comfortable lead learn to wise up or forever be in opposition
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I think these NDC guys have still not read Prof. Botchwey's report. He said somewhere that the NDC lacks intellectuals. One major cause of their 2016 defeat. They accommodate half-baked intellectuals like this one, who are lazy at reading and understanding facts, spew 'lyes', propaganda and denigrate their party. They did it in government and quite unfortunately, doing it in opposition. What a pitiful sight. NDC, change your ways to attract some seasoned intellectuals, otherwise,......
You see the problem with the NDC party, when they get the media platform to tell Ghanaians something sensible, they either attack Akufo Addo or do propaganda and then they turn around and start accusing the media of been bias. Don't they have intelligent people to be speaking on their behalf?
You guys always think Ghanaians are ***barred word***. You cut your pay on paper and turn round to still a thousand fold from government coffers. You think you are wise. God will expose you all one after the other.
look at this infantile politician! Ab00000wa