{"id":446827,"date":"2017-12-13T21:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T21:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T21:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T21:30:37","slug":"1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/80299956.295.jpg\" alt=\"Adongo 1\" title=\"Adongo 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Isaac Adongo, Bolga Central MP<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513200637_290_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has accused the government of making its US$1 million per constituency project under the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSIs) a conduit to siphon public funds into needless ventures.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the special initiatives have now become an avenue for loot and share by persons in charge of its implementation at the Presidency to the detriment of the people expected to benefit.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, he said the government had deliberately increased allocations to the PSIs while reducing funding to the district, municipal and metropolitan assemblies (MMDAs).<\/p>\n<p>Backing his stance with data from the 2018 budget, Mr Adongo said at a public lecture in Accra, that while allocations for the goods and services to the 216 MMDAs nationwide was GH\u00a214.7 million, the operational cost of three development authorities under the PSIs is expected to sap GH\u00a271 million.<\/p>\n<p><b>OUTLOOK FOR 2018 (PLANNED OPERATIONS AND PROJECTS)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/78056974.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just operational cost alone,\u201d he emphasised at the lecture organised by pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) group, the Coalition for Restoration.<\/p>\n<p>Listing some of the expenditure items, the MP said internal management of organisations was estimated to cost GH\u00a28.6 million, more than half of what has been allocated to the 216 MMDAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is internal management of organisations? Also, procurement of 20 four-wheel drive vehicles has been allocated GH\u00a210 million and hiring of office accommodation for middle and coastal belt development authorities and regional offices is allocated GH\u00a215 million,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said another suspicious expenditure item was one christened local and international affiliations, which has been allocated GH\u00a22.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, they are saying that under the $1 million per constituency, they will bring me, Isaac Adongo, one ambulance at a cost of GH\u00a2354,000. Who says that if you go to Bolgatanga Constituency and you ask them about their priorities, they will even imagine anything called ambulance? Yet GH\u00a297.5 million is going into the procurement of ambulances out of our $1 million per constituency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the budget further showed that toilets programmed to be constructed under the policy will cost GH\u00a2187,000 per toilet and wondered the type of toilets that required such an amount to construct.<\/p>\n<p>The irony, he said was that the money was being taken from the MMDAs, which are also underfunded, to fund these projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is not ripping Ghana dry\u201d, he said, then I wonder it is.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: 39 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-12-13 Isaac Adongo, Bolga Central MP The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has accused the government of making its US$1 million per constituency project under the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSIs) a conduit to siphon public funds into needless ventures. He added that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":407487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-12-13 Isaac Adongo, Bolga Central MP The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has accused the government of making its US$1 million per constituency project under the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSIs) a conduit to siphon public funds into needless ventures. He added that [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-13T21:30:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/\",\"name\":\"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-13T21:30:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-12-13 Isaac Adongo, Bolga Central MP The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has accused the government of making its US$1 million per constituency project under the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSIs) a conduit to siphon public funds into needless ventures. He added that [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo","datePublished":"2017-12-13T21:30:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/"},"wordCount":419,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/","name":"$1 million per constituency is avenue for loot and share \u2013 Isaac Adongo - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-12-13T21:30:37+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/1-million-per-constituency-is-avenue-for-loot-and-share-isaac-adongo\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}