{"id":449046,"date":"2017-12-21T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T15:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/ministry-budgets-ghc800000-for-website-which-costs-more-than-car\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T15:10:57","slug":"ministry-budgets-ghc800000-for-website-which-costs-more-than-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/ministry-budgets-ghc800000-for-website-which-costs-more-than-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry budgets GHC800,000 for website which costs more than car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10497063.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mavis Hawa Koomson Internet\" title=\"Mavis Hawa Koomson Internet\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mavis Hawa Koomson<\/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\/1513869057_93_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ministry of Special Development Initiative budgeted \u00a2800,000 for the development of a website, a figure criticised as bloated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is nothing but corruption&#8221;, Minority spokesperson on Finance Ato Forson told Joy News.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament approved the expenditure item despite red flags from the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>A further 10 million was approved to purchase 20 4-Wheel Drive vehicles for the Minister and other officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a Minister, I do not even have an official vehicle,&#8221; Mavis Hawa Koomson explained.<\/p>\n<p>According to the budget estimates, it will cost more to build a website than buy one 4-Wheel Drive vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>The Ministry will also controversially spend \u00a26.5 million on furniture. The Minister has been justifying the expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament altogether approved a \u00a21.1 billion budget for the Ministry which is expected to champion government\u2019s special projects.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the Ministry\u2019s \u00a21.1 billion cedis budget, \u00a2744 million cedis will be funded with oil money from the annual budgetary funding amount.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry for Special Development Initiatives is charged with implementing a set of New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto promises that was the highlight of the 2016 electioneering campaign.<\/p>\n<p>These include the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Program (IPEP), through which all 275 constituencies are to get one million dollars every year.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the popular industrialisation plan christened &#8216;one district, one factory&#8217; and the government&#8217;s irrigation plan, the &#8216;one village, one dam&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/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 Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-21 Mavis Hawa Koomson The Ministry of Special Development Initiative budgeted \u00a2800,000 for the development of a website, a figure criticised as bloated. &#8220;This is nothing but corruption&#8221;, Minority spokesperson on Finance Ato Forson told Joy News. 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