{"id":449353,"date":"2017-12-22T16:20:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/resign-minority-to-hawa-koomson\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:20:39","slug":"resign-minority-to-hawa-koomson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/resign-minority-to-hawa-koomson\/","title":{"rendered":"Resign! \u2013 Minority to Hawa Koomson"},"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\/10\/11812348.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mavis Hawa Koomson 234\" title=\"Mavis Hawa Koomson 234\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Special Development Initiatives Minister 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\/1513959639_843_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minority in Parliament has asked the Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, to resign following what critics have described as outrageous allocations made in the ministry\u2019s over GHS1bn budget for 2018 which was approved by parliament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson, told Class91.3FM\u2019s parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan on Friday, 22 December that the minister has shown gross incompetence by her actions, and, thus, has no business being at the helm of affairs at the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Per her ministry\u2019s budget, GHS800,000 has been earmarked for the development of a website. In addition, GHS10, 000,000 will be used to procure 20 four-wheel drives.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Forson said: \u201cThis is gross incompetence and I don\u2019t think she deserves to occupy the high office, so, she should resign. Of course, she should go immediately. She does not qualify to occupy that position\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full breakdown of the budget approved for Mavis Hawa Koomson\u2019s ministry by parliament on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>Procurement of 275 ambulances at a unit cost of GHS354,750 totaling GHS97,556,250<\/p>\n<p>Construction of 50 warehouses at a unit cost of GHS1,652,469 totaling GHS82,623,480<\/p>\n<p>Construction of 1000 solar-powered mechanical boreholes at a unit cost of GHS132,000 totaling GHS132,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Construction of 1000 water closet institutional toilets with mechanised boreholes and solar panels at a unit cost of GHS187,000 totaling GHS187,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Establishment of 50 micro-enterprises at a unit cost of GHS550,000 totaling GHS 27,500,000<\/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><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-22 Special Development Initiatives Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson The Minority in Parliament has asked the Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, to resign following what critics have described as outrageous allocations made in the ministry\u2019s over GHS1bn budget for 2018 which was approved by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":430230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449353","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>Resign! 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