Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament(MP), Sam George says the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia owes him $7 million under the government’s ‘One Million One Constituency‘ initiative.
According to him, his constituents are yet to benefit from the much-touted initiative as the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) eight year tenure comes to an end.
This unfulfilled promise to him makes Dr Bawumia who is the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lack the credibility to lead Ghana, adding he cannot be trusted.
“You tell me Dr. Bawumia should be trusted. Was it not Dr Bawumia who went and promised one million dollars per constituency?
“I am the MP for Ningo-Prampram and I have not received a pesewa. I am owed $7 million by Dr Bawumia; he made that promise. The people of Ningo-Prampram deserve their $7 million and this year we will get the additional 1 million to make it $8 million,” he said on Accra-based GHOneTV.
However, Sekondi MP, Andrew Egyapa Mercer who was on the same show reminder Mr George that the money was not meant to be physical cash.
He explained that the initiative sought to improve development at the local level and the money was there invested into various projects.
Most of the projects, he said, include sanitation, and for that matter, public toilets, warehouses, community centres among others.
But Mr George who was still not satisfied with the explanation mentioned that there are only three projects under the initiative in his constituency.
He disclosed they are all toilets, comprising two 12-seater and one six seater facilities which to him were not worth $7 million under the years in review.
Dr Bawumia ahead of the 2016 election announced the policy aimed at alleviating poverty in the country.
He said that the policy was under the infrastructure for poverty eradication at a total cost of $1.6 billion.
With this amount, the NPP government intended to invest in pro-poor policy in villages across the country.
Listen to Sam George in the audio above:
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