John Mahama
Bryan
Acheampong, the Minister of State in charge of National Security, has claimed
that the then Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government used taxpayers’
money meant for the building of hospitals for an NDC research.
Mr.
Acheampong, who doubles as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament
for Abetifi Kwahu in the Eastern Region, said the Mahama administration spent
about $6 million that was to be used to construct hospitals at Abetifi, to
conduct a political survey prior to the 2016 general elections.
He
said when the NPP government assumed office, the contracts to build some
district hospitals had already been awarded by the Mahama government and the British
government was funding it and Abetifi was part of it.
He
said “a portion of the funding went into things that were not related to the
construction of the hospitals.They spent the money on unrelated things.”
He
said both the Ghana and British governments decided to do their own
investigations and found out that the NDC used the money for things outside the
construction of the hospitals.
He
said the Akufo-Addo government would do its best to provide funding for the
completion of the hospital at Abetifi to serve the public.
The
District Chief Executive (DCE) of Kwahu East, Isaac Agyapong, on his part, said
the assembly was undertaking numerous developmental projects including school
blocks especially in the remote communities in the district.
Mr.
Agyapong said they had been able to maintain 100 km feeder roads in the area
and constructed a number of covert on selected roads. Besides, he said they had
been able to construct close to about 100 out of 120 mechanized boreholes.
He said they had also supported about 2,000 farmers in the area with farming inputs and subsidized fertilizer.
From Daniel Bampoe, Abetifi
