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Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has charged the President Akufo-Addo government to come out with records of monies spent in building projects during its tenure in office.

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Organiser, Sammi Awuku, on Thursday, said John Dramani Mahama’s promise to invest US$10 billion into infrastructure must be treated as a threat and not a promise.

According to him, Mr. Mahama will use such an avenue to enrich himself because the cost of the projects or infrastructure will definitely be inflated.

Responding to this on Eyewitness News, Mr. Terkper said the government should rather focus on telling Ghanaians what they have done to match what the Mahama administration achieved.

“In 2016, frankly, oil prices in that minor crisis relative to COVID were US$42 to US$45. Today, as we speak, oil prices are US$47. Why didn’t the Minister revise those figures when he presented the mid-year budget review? And still, he gave the impression that oil prices were below US$25? This was the average with which we did all this from late 2014 to 2016. So the record is there,” he insisted.

“I think it’s about time the current administration speaks about its record. President Mahama can point to the four bonds that we issued; the fact that we took off one bond, and the fact that we took the money to build infrastructure and we managed to still slow down the debt. That is our true record. The administration can tell us what they did to match this. That’s the more relevant discussion that we should be having as a country.”