News:
November 30, 2018
Deputy Minister of Finance Kwaku Kwarteng has said if the Minority goes ahead with their threat not to support any financial allocation that would go to the Special Initiative Ministry, they would be neglecting the powers to do proper monitoring to ensure funds are put to proper use.
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu in his closing remarks to conclude debate on the 2019 budget raised objection to funds being allocated to the Special Initiative Ministry and advocated that funds should rather go to the districts directly for development.
According to the Deputy Finance Minister, the Minority would do a good job if they monitor and trace the path of money to the Special Initiative Ministry and the purpose for which it was use.
“Simply because they disagree with the exercise of the President’s powers, I think they are neglecting their responsibilities”.
In an interview when it was pointed out to the Deputy Finance Minister that people are complaining that they do not see development, he responded by saying that if the Minority goes ahead with their threat it would become worse.
Again funds are not disbursed from the Minority’s office, to say you would not monitor it is free for all, government should go ahead and do anything, “I am appealing to them to rethink their decision.
“Government has the power to create a Ministry that would deploy its policies, people should feel free to comment on what the President’s decision is, so that the President himself in making future decisions would be minded.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com