{"id":449308,"date":"2017-12-22T13:21:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T13:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/scrap-non-fa-ghc1bn-hawa-koomson-budget-angry-presidential-staffer\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T13:21:50","slug":"scrap-non-fa-ghc1bn-hawa-koomson-budget-angry-presidential-staffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/scrap-non-fa-ghc1bn-hawa-koomson-budget-angry-presidential-staffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap &#8216;non-fa&#8217; GHC1bn &#8216;Hawa Koomson budget&#8217; \u2013 Angry presidential staffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/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\/87713194.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahim Adjei Jhk\" title=\"Ibrahim Adjei Jhk\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Presidential Staffer, Ibrahim Adjei<\/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\/1513948910_157_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Presidential Staffer, Ibrahim Adjei, has described as \u201cbad\u201d and \u201cnon-fa\u201d, the GHS1,010,239,700 budget approved for the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives for 2018, since, in his view, nothing in it is justifiable.<\/p>\n<p>In the budget, which was approved by parliament on Wednesday, 275 ambulances will be procured at a unit cost of GHS354,750 totaling GHS97,556,250.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty warehouses would be constructed at a unit cost of GHS1,652,469 totaling GHS82,623,480.<\/p>\n<p>Also, 1000 solar-powered mechanical boreholes would be constructed at a unit cost of GHS132,000 totaling GHS132,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 1000 \u201cwater closet institutional toilets with mechanised boreholes and solar panels\u201d would be constructed at a unit cost of GHS187,000 totaling GHS187,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty micro-enterprises would also be constructed at a unit cost of GHS550,000 totaling GHS 27,500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the rest of the items in the budget approved for the ministry led by Mavis Hawa Koomson:<\/p>\n<p>275 projects at a unit cost of GHS1,100,000 totaling GHS302,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Construction of 100 markets at a unit cost of GHS1,100,000 totaling GHS110,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Internal Management or Organisations totaling GHS8,600,000<\/p>\n<p>Hiring of office accommodation for Middle Belt and Coastal Belt Development Authority and Regional Offices totaling GHS15,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Legal and Administrative Framework Review \u2013 GHS1000,000<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Refurbishment \u2013 GHS3000,000<\/p>\n<p>Procurement of Office Furniture and Fixtures \u2013 GHS6,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Local and International Affiliation \u2013 GHS2,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Procurement of Office Supplies and Consumables \u2013 GHS3,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Tendering Activities \u2013 GHS759,970<\/p>\n<p>Treasury and Accounting Activities \u2013 GHS500,000<\/p>\n<p>Procurement of Computers and Accessories \u2013 GHS1,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Manpower Skill Development \u2013 GHS3,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Training \u2013 GHS2,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Planning and Policy Formulation \u2013 GHS3,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Policies and Programme Review Activities \u2013 GHS1,500,000<\/p>\n<p>Publication and Decimination of Policies and Programmes \u2013 GHS500,000<\/p>\n<p>Development and Management of Database \u2013 GHS400,000<\/p>\n<p>Research and Development \u2013 GHS1,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Development of Website \u2013 GHS800,000<\/p>\n<p>Budget Preparation \u2013 GHS2,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Budget Performance Reporting \u2013 GHS500,000<\/p>\n<p>Management and Monitoring of Policies and Projects \u2013 GHS3,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the items in the ministry\u2019s budget, Mr Adjei, who is an Assistant to the President\u2019s Executive Secretary, told Francis Abban of Accra-based Starr FM on Friday, 22 December that \u201cwe need to remove all this \u2013 somebody will say \u2018non-fa\u2019 from the list. Let me give you a quick example as I go through the list. This thing of hiring office accommodation for Middle Belt and Costal Belt Development Authority and the Regional Offices, costing GHS15 million and the operative word is \u2018hiring\u2019 \u2026 now imagine if you just build \u2026 Now is Hawa Koomson telling us that she is building 50 offices across the country? With all due respect we have 10 regions and I\u2019m sure that an office or two will suffice per region to administer the economic zones \u2026 and this is something that you construct and you own as opposed to hiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of them, everything should be taken out. We need to start from Ground Zero. It must be canceled. 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