Former Acting General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh has fired shots at former President John Dramani Mahama over his statements on the Agenda 111 project by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
As President Akufo-Addo describes the Agenda 111 project as unprecedented, former President John Dramani Mahama has described it as an afterthought and overly ambitious project.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 cut sod for the commencement of works on 88 of the 111 hospital projects indicating to the general public that the hospitals will be completed within 18 months.
“So far sites have been identified for 88 of the 111 hospitals, and after cutting the sod, work on the other 87 sites will also commence today [Tuesday].”
“The acquisition of the remaining 13 sites will be completed shortly for work to begin. Each hospital is being constructed at a cost of $16.88 million, i.e. $12.88 million for construction and $4 million for medical equipment, and all the hospitals are to be completed in 18 months and works will begin on the regional and other hospitals in the latter part of the year,” the President said.
But Mr. Mahama doubts the government can complete the project within time.
During his 'Thank You tour' in the Upper East Region, he said; “It is only an afterthought that suddenly they realized that they must be doing some infrastructure and Agenda 111 has been conjured with no transparency as to how the money for the projects are going to be procured”.
“Is it going to lead to more borrowing when we already have such a high level [of debt]?” he questioned and stressed the “government should avert its mind and try to finish some of those projects including some of those that they themselves have initiated”.
In a quick reply to Mr. Mahama, James Kwabena Bomfeh, popularly called Kabila, slammed the former President for having doubts over the project.
According to Kabila, the Agenda 111 is very possible, hence alluding to some policies like the free SHS, One District One Factory among others which the opposition party claimed weren't feasible but the President has done them.
Kabila cautioned Mr. Mahama to be measured in his comments on the project stressing he not being privy to the details of the project doesn't mean the project Committee members are also clueless.
"If you don't have power and don't know all the details, be measured in your utterances. I don't believe that the contractors and scholars who are involved in this project will look on and say we should do this just for show. So, I plead that we should commend the President and encourage them to effectively execute the project," he stated during Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo'.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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DRUNKARD KABILA
Kabila u foooooool paaaa, continue fooling Akuffo Addo will not be in power forever....one day one day
John Mahama is a fine gentleman but at times he speaks like he hasn't been president before. Come to think of the E-blocks for senior high schools, apart from 50 of them which were funded by the world bank, the rest were to be GOG funded. Can Mahama tell Ghanaians the total amount for the rest of the E-blocks were already secured and lying in a bank ready to be released to contractors for work done. If so he should tell us the total amount involved and bank this money can be found before he left office. How come all the world bank funded E-blocks were completely and are in use when he. Was in office but the GOG ones still standing even though they were all awarded at the same time. Politicians soon forget we have civil servants working in the ministries and know all about government dealings. Infact it's the civil servants who do all the paper work. Can Mahama tell Ghanaians he completed all the projects he inherited from Kufuor and Atta Mills ? If yes, fine. If no why did he initiate new ones when uncompleted projects of his predecessors were all over the place. Kufuor started the dualization of Accra to Kumasi road, how many kilometers did Mahama add before he left office. These Ghanaian politicians paaa, they forget their classmates from P1 to University are still around. Those who used to beat you in class tells you they are smarter and more intelligent. This applies to the MP's, MMDCE's, Ministers, CEO's, Vice President and President, your mates are still around. So think deeply before you speak. You may not know they laugh when you speak by casting their minds back to who you were in school,ie your appearance, academic performance, etc.
Maham doesn’t learn
You can't speak truth to power. You have all been bought. You will all be exposed
Please just ignore him that all.