The Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), De Elias Ayuk, says Ghana is wasting resources in acquisition of SUVs for government officials.
“If government officials want to use SUVs, they should pay for it. Take a calculator and do a simple maths of the number of ministers and the funds that go into buying SUVs,” he said at a Natural Resources Breakfast meeting in Accra.
The meeting was meant to discuss how Ghana could use its natural resources to power its development beyond aid as the country pursues its Ghana beyond aid agenda.
He said there were good examples of how resource allocation to public officials could be done without draining the public purse, citing Rwanda as an example.
He said while Ghana beyond aid was possible, the country needed to strengthen its institutions and use its resources judiciously.
Source: Graphic.com
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Thank you @kayt. A no brainer.
If authorities will heed this advice, we would be getting somewhere in terms of bringing sanity in our expenditure as a nation!
must we be told this? even the kindergaten child knows it but the Ghanaian politician does noot know this. how sad!
Spot on! Isn't it ridiculous for a poor country like Ghana (look at our debt stock) and how much we are borrowing to sustain our budget, and then while our school children in some of our schools have not seen a pc before, we buy $100,000 SUV for government officials! Just imagine what $100,000 can do in one of our villages! Mr. sell all the v8s and use half of it to get state vehicles for the government officials and use the rest in rural health and education!
A very good advice gov'ts should listen to.