Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has dared the current NPP administration to come out with accounts of monies spent in building projects during its tenure in office.
Mr. Terkper was reacting to claims by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Organiser, Sammi Awuku, on Thursday, that John Dramani Mahama’s promise to invest US$10 billion into infrastructure must be treated as a threat and not a promise.
Sammi Awuku stated that Mr. Mahama will use such an avenue to enrich himself because the cost of the projects or infrastructure will definitely be inflated.
However speaking on Eyewitness News on Citi FM in a response, Mr. Terkper challenged the government to tell Ghanaians what they have done to match the records of the previous Mahama administration.
“In 2016, frankly, oil prices in that minor crisis relative to COVID were US$42 to US$45. Today, as we speak, oil prices are US$47. Why didn’t the Minister revise those figures when he presented the mid-year budget review? And still, he gave the impression that oil prices were below US$25? This was the average with which we did all this from late 2014 to 2016. So the record is there,” he insisted.
“I think it’s about time the current administration speaks about its record. President Mahama can point to the four bonds that we issued; the fact that we took off one bond, and the fact that we took the money to build infrastructure and we managed to still slow down the debt. That is our true record. The administration can tell us what they did to match this. That’s the more relevant discussion that we should be having as a country.”
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
