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July 12, 2021
Member of Parliament for Adaklu, Governs Kwame Agbodza is confident that former President John Dramani Mahama when given another opportunity to serve Ghana, he would increase the tempo of infrastructure development in the country.
According to him the former president talked about a ten billion big push as a start for infrastructure in the country, where contractors who are already working and starting new projects would be paid.
He further noted that it was an excellent policy, but expressed worry about where President Nana Akufo-Addo led administration has brought the country in terms of infrastructure development.
“It is not about COVID-19, the economy was already on a low drive and we did not see much happening before the pandemic, obviously the pandemic worsens things but a resilient economy would have managed situation better than a fragile one in the face of COVID-19”.
Again, he emphasized that there was an aviation master plan in 2013 developed by the previous NDC government, and the current government came and reviewed it, it was to interconnect properly through aviation, railway, and marine.
And all that was needed was investment, “that is what we are lacking”. Ask the NDC government in 2016 about capital investment, and it was four point six to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but under the current government it is two-point one percent, he stated.
“This, tells you which government is more committed to putting money into capital investment, that is what goes into building that you and I would see. They are doing more consumption than to build infrastructure”, he lamented.
And added that, the NDC is known for building infrastructure and there is no doubt about that, “there is not interchange built in this country by the NPP so far the five years they have been in power”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com