Special Development Initiatives Minister, Hawa Koomson, has said she is ready to resign following revelations that her 2018 budget is inflated.
"I am ready to resign", the Minister who has become a subject of social media trolls and heavy criticism, told journalists Friday.
Already, the Minority is heaping pressure on the Minister who is also Awutu Senya East MP, for preparing a "shambolic" budget in which two million cedis was earmarked for "budget preparation".
But the item that shows it budgeted ¢800,000 for a website has proved even more scandalous on social media.
The Minister has since said the website charge is an error as the budget is only ¢80,000.
The Minority has rejected the explanation and branded her as "incompetent".
Minority spokesperson on Finance, Ato Forson taunted, the Minister has proven she has reading deficiencies.
Mr. Forson who is also Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam MP said, her explanation is nothing but "damage control". He said the Minister is struggling to do an "emergency landing" following the public backlash.
The Minority is emphatic, the Minister does not deserve to serve the people of Ghana.
"She should go immediately...she should resign...This is blatant corruption" the National Democratic Congress MP said.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Even if the website is for GHC80,000.00 I guess it is on the high side. Formerly 800 million? What conceivable explanation? Had it happened during NDC regime... remember bus branding? Yoooooo
Ghanaians are very funny and gullible. A minister of state sends a budget which contains GHS 800,000 for a website an we are defending her? Are we sick in head? What is her job as a minister? Did she read through the budget before sending it to parliament? Some of our politicians are just low grade intellectuals. Koomson is one of the low grade graduates
why are people sent to court for an attempted crime such as murder, kidnapping etc? Corruption starts with the hatching of the idea. If Parliament had not scrutinized the budget and had gone ahead to "wrongly" approve it would the ministry have returned the difference to the state? a big NO. the money would have ended up in private pockets. corruption starts with the hatching of the idea to cheat.
What is corruption about a budget? If you think the estimated amount is too high then reject and stop all the noise. Has the minister spend the money?. The answer is no so where is the corruption?