Sammy Gyammfi, Communications Officer of the opposition Naitonal Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged the general public to ignore claims by Abdul Malik Kweku Baako that the Bank of Ghana (BOG) hospital has nothing to do with the Mahama administration.
According to him, the claim is the biggest joke of the century and should be treated with contempt.
Sammy Gyamfi, in a statement signed and copied to Peacefmonline, stated that "it’s an indisputable fact, that the world-class BOG hospital is the legacy of the visionary John Dramani Mahama, and no amount of falsehood can change this fact”.
“The ultra-modern BOG hospital was therefore constructed under the abled leadership of H.E John Dramani Mahama. Period!” the statement further read.
Read full statement below:
Folks, kindly ignore the claim by our senior brother, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, that the Bank of Ghana (BOG) Hospital, has got nothing to do with the Mahama Administration.
That claim is perhaps, the biggest joke of the century and should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
It’s an indisputable fact, that the world-class BOG hospital is the legacy of the visionary John Dramani Mahama, and no amount of falsehood can change this fact.
Per section 8 of the Bank of Ghana Act, the governing body of the Bank is its Board of Directors which is made up of:
1. The governor and his two (2) deputies, all of whom are appointed by the President in line with section 17 of the Act.
2. A representative of the Ministry of Finance. (Hon. Ato Forson, 2012-2016)
3. And eight (8) other Directors, who are all appointed by the President.
There is no gainsaying the fact that, the representative of the Ministry of Finance and all the other Directors who are appointed by the President, are there to champion the interest, directives and objectives of the President and government.
According to the BOG Governor at the time, the Hospital project came about as a result of engagements between the Minister of Finance at the time, Hon. Seth Tekper and the then Board of Directors of the Bank, in furtherance of the strategic vision of the Mahama Administration of enhancing access to quality health care delivery and promoting import and export substitution, relative to health care delivery.
The project was funded from BOG’s resources, hence Public funds. And this was in line with the debt sustainability management strategy of the Mahama government, where key government institutions were tasked to undertake strategic self-financing development projects on their own balance sheets.
The ultra-mordern BOG hospital was therefore constructed under the abled leadership of H.E John Dramani Mahama. Period!
But wait a minute; why is Mr. Baako and the NPP always quick to blame the Mahama Administration for the banking crises though the regulation of the banking sector is the exclusive function of the BOG, and yet, reluctant to credit him for positive developmental projects undertaken by the BOG? See https://www.ghanaweb.com/…/Mahama-can-t-win-debate-on-banki…
Again, if I may ask, can Mr. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, the chief proponent of this mischief, explain why he has been hailing the Akufo-Addo government for achieving a lower and a more stable inflation rate and not the BOG, which has direct responsibility for monetary policy?
Can he also tell us, why his bosom friend, President Akufo-Addo, always takes credit for lowering interest rate even though that falls under the direct monetary policy function of the BOG?
The double standards and hypocrisy in this country is sickening. Smh!
SAMMY GYAMFI
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Does Sammy Gyamfi mean the same John Mahama who told us in 2012 that ‘schools, roads and hospitals are infrastructure developments and are nothing special. Every government does them. For anyone to use them to campaign is a sign of mediocrity, and NDC will not do that.’ THAT John Mahama???
Please now our focus is on Coro. We have to be alive before anything else.
The truth is hurting the Npp. Sammy has put the issues so well that the likes of Baako are in shame. At times I wonder if some people really went to school and can add 2 m 2 together.
It seems my NPP friends cannot contain the truth. How come the mistake the bank made is attributable to Mahama but not the project undertaken by the same institution I cannot think far
Facts are facts and that is what Sammy stated. Abdul malik Baako is fast losing his integrity. But cheap politics I don't think a whole walking encyclopedia could make such claims. I fact I never believed when I saw that story for the first time till this rejoinder.
Sammy! you see what propaganda has done to your life. If an institution does a project under an existing government and could be claimed as legacy of that government then, NPP under Kuffour done a lot for Ghanaians more than what your JDM did. I would be happy and applaud and go ahead to vote for your party if you come out and claim as JDM legacy the banking mess BOG created under NDC and JDM which led to the collapse of so many banks. Bogus lawyer!
Bank of Ghana might as well be the legacy of John Mahama, you are claiming the Bank of Ghana Hospital for John Mahama but don't want to claim the bank Of Ghana mess at the Banking sector for John Mahama. God what sin did we commit as a people for you to punish us with NDC? forgive our sins and the sins of our fathers and remove this reproach called NDC from us.
WHY NDC PARTY HAVE ALOT OF BLOCKHEADED EVERYTHING THEY SAY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO GHANAIANS ALWAYS DIRTY POLITICS WHY. THE WHOLE WORLD IS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO COMBAT THIS DEMONIC COVID-19 BUT LOOK AT GHANA THE ***barred word*** THIS BLOCKHEADED PARTY NDC IS DOING SO PITTY.