The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is worried about the government's priorities in administering the country.

According to him, the recent request by the Finance Minister to withdraw GH¢500 million from the Contingency Fund highlights the maladministration in the running of the country.

“After prioritizing corruption, waste and empty sloganeering over prudent management of the economy and the agriculture sector, this is how low the failed NPP government has sunk our dear country," he said in a statement.

This comes after the Ministry wrote to the Finance Committee of Parliament requesting approval for the said amount to help address the potential effects of the drought in 8 regions.

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The Ministry told the Committee that government cannot fund the request of GH¢8.36 billion as directed by the President solely from a reallocation of existing budget lines in the 2024 budget.

For that matter, the request is to "complement this withdrawal, as government is mobilizing support from development partners as well as realigning approved fiscal operations in the 2024 budget."

In a response on August 28, the NDC official said "this is the same government that spent a whopping $58 million (GHS928 million) on creating the biggest pit in the world under the guise of building a cathedral."

Mr Gyamfi insists that the government has spent significant funds on things that do not bring any development to the citizenry.

"Against wise counsel, they wasted millions of taxpayers' money on the rental of luxury private jets so the President could bath in the skies. They squandered millions of taxpayers' money on other useless expenditures at the presidency like there was no tomorrow," he added.

Find his full statement below:

After prioritizing corruption, waste and empty sloganeering over prudent management of the economy and the agriculture sector, this how low the failed NPP government has sunk our dear country.

Our dear nation has been rendered bankrupt such that today, the government cannot even afford GHS500 million to address the imminent food crises the nation is faced with.

This is the same government that spent a whopping $58 million (GHS928 million) on creating the biggest pit in the world under the guise of building a cathedral.

Against wise counsel, they wasted millions of taxpayers money on the rental of luxury private jets so the President could bath in the skies. They squandered millions of taxpayers money on other useless expenditures at the Presidency like there was no tomorrow.

Today the chickens have come to roost.

This is how low we have sunk as a country after all the sweet mouth-watering rhetorics about “One Village one Dam”. This is how low we have sunk after the NPP government spent a colossal GHS3 billion on their much-touted “Planting for Food and Jobs” program.

Oh what a shame; what a disgrace!
Cry, my beloved Ama Ghana, cry!!!!

SAMMY GYAMFI ESQ.