A former Minister for Roads and Highways in the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration says it does not come as a surprise to him that President Nana Akufo-Addo refused again to acknowledge the contribution of the ex-President in the construction of Phase 1 of the Tema Interchange.
Hon. Alhaji Inusah Fuseini claims his prediction came to pass when the President Commissioned the Phase 1 of the Tema Interchange, since he had earlier asserted that President Akufo-Addo will never give credit to his predecessor with regards to issues of development.
“I said it before President Akufo-Addo commissioned the Tema Motorway interchange on last Thursday that he will never give John Mahama credit for the interchange and he had done that, it would have been the wonder of the year if he had done contrary to my claims,” he claimed.
Obetsebi Is Mahama's Brainchild
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Hon. Inusah Fuseini accused President Akufo-Addo of similar action when he cut sod for the construction of the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange; a project he claimed is also a product of the NDC's good governance.
“With the Obetsebi interchange, the Mahama administration went for a loan for the beginning of the project and the reason was due to the Kwame Nkrumah interchange and the Kasoa Interchange . . . we did it in order to ease the Kasoa-Circle traffic situation.
“There were some bottlenecks with the Obetsebi Lamptey interchange after the construction of the Nkrumah Circle Interchange and we went sourcing for funds for the Obetsebi Lamptey interchange . . . but when President Akufo-Addo cut sod for the construction of the Obetsebi Interchange, did you hear him mention John Dramani Mahama’s name?” he quizzed.
Tamale & Pokuase; Mahama Designed, Costed & Sourced For Funds
Hon. Inusah Fuseini, who is currently the NDC MP for Tamale Central, also revealed that the money for the Pokuase Interchange-designed, planned and costed by the NDC - was secured by the Mahama administration from the Africa Development Bank when the Pokuase-Amasaman road was under construction. Not only that, the Tamale Interchange.
“Again, the Pokuase Interchange, it was the Mahama administration that went to Africa Development Bank; the bank gave us money for the Pokuase-Amasaman road construction and when we were done, we decided to reconstruct the road to the Rees Junction because that road will pass through the central corridor at the ACP Junction and we decided to construct an interchange at the ACP and Africa Development Bank gave us money for that project . . . NDC designed, planned and did the costing for the construction of the interchange.
“The contractors bidding for the contract were coming to my office but we didn’t get to the process of selecting a contractor for the project before we lost power to the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government. Have you ever heard President Akufo-Addo give credit to John Mahama as someone who started the Pokuase Interchange?”
“If you go to the Ministry of Roads and Highways, under John Mahama’s administration, the Tamale Interchange was called Rivoli Interchange; we designed it and if you go into the archives, I have referred to that interchange severally. I mean that the idea came from the NDC and we took money from the Turkish Exim Bank and the terms and conditions for that Turkish Exim Bank was cheaper than the Syno-Hydro deal but we couldn’t go for the money because Ghana was under IMF conditionality under the Mahama’s administration and so the IMF didn’t agree to the construction of the commercial facility,” he recounted.
JICA Connection
The Tamale Central MP further disclosed that Mr Mahama engaged the Japanese government through JICA for the construction of a bridge over Volevo River and to reconstruct Tema Interchange.
“The money, design and everything about the first phase of the interchange, it was completed by us (NDC), but we didn’t sign the agreement for the money and so the first agreement which the NPP signed was with JICA in 2017 and at that time Nana Akufo-Addo hadn't travel, likewise the Minister of Roads...and Nana Addo was not even done with the appointment of his ministers....that agreement was not even signed by the Road Minister because the part of the agreement is going to Gender Ministry and so it was the Gender Minister who signed the agreement...the agreement was signed in three months in 2017 for the construction of the Tema Interchange,” he recounted.
Source: Daniel Adu Darko/Peacefmonline.com
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Salaam my brother! I thought you alleged that this government led by the able and competent Nana Addo is abandoning all your Mr. Incompetent Mahama projects he left after Ghanaians told him no more incompetence.Please, have you see the quality of work done? Please, this is not the type of your 419 roads you built in Ghana by inflating the cost. This is a work well done. Have you seen the hard working road minister honorable Amoako Atta? That is what we are talking about not the likes of you who come and inflate road projects. Allah is waiting for all of you because you have to answer all your stewardship as minister. Please, stop your big english and pray and support this government. May Allah bless president Nana Addo and his able vice president Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia. Ameen thuma Ameen.
So ndc designed the airbus deal and jm started chopping the money too? God bless Nana Addo for the good work been seen in Ghana under the NPP administration
eh!! so you are bold enough to talk about easing of traffic at Kasoa. sha-me-less batch of people. lookat what you did at Kasoa with all that money what really was done to ease traffic? GOD go puuunish you people f333.
You are right Inusah, Please mention to the people of Ghana the Hospitals which JAK secured money, got designs which got built by Late Mills that JDM credited JAK or Mills for it. All projects even built by Mills is now credited to JDM. You people want everything to be credited to JDM. WHY?
So you planned to build a home for your wife, but could not do it, because of your habits. She divorces you, then marries another man, who eagerly builds her a home on the plot who had given her, ...OK thanks for giving the woman the plot after the divorce. But be thankful to the new guy, honouring your 'dream' to build a home for the 'poor' woman.
What is this childish mentality of a former minister? You designed a project for Tamale interchange but you could not get funding for it because of you incompetency that had put you under the thumb of the IMF. Another government comes to power designs a new project, secures Chinese funding and initiates the project and you are claiming that as your project for which you must be given credit? Meanwhile you and your friend Haruna had the ***barred word*** audacity to write to the World Bank to put a hold on the project but today you are not even ashamed to be asking for credit for this project.
Granted that you designed and costed the Tamale interchange, why then did you boycott the sod cutting ceremony by the President in Tamale? Not you Mr. Joe Monkey alone but with your Northern MPs including the He-Goat who only memorizes proverbs. Your time is near Mr. Uglier Fuseini.
Please there is a footpath to my house, Manama designed it. Yes, very true.
How did this guy become a Minister in his lifetime? Is this the guy who bugged his successor's office? And the Gender Minister signed and so what? I just hate listening to this guy.
Of course, everything in the NDC 8 years administration is now credited to Mr TIO (The Incompetent One). Atta Mills has been deleted from the NDC's books. While claiming credit for every single government project today, they deny quickly the responsibility for the massive mess they created that took us to the IMF. I'm sure the NDC will soon claim credit for the recent launch of a spacecraft in the US. In fact, the NDC should claim credit for every pregnancy in Ghana today.