The Minister of Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has accused the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa of unnecessarily politicising the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP).

Ablakwa is accusing the government of inflating the cost of equipment procured for the DRIP by over US$102 million.

The North Tongu MP said this has left the Ghanaian taxpayers to bear an unnecessary burden of US$178.7 million instead of US$76.6 million

In an interview with Bonohene Baffour Awuah on Asaasepa 107.3 on Wednesday (25 September), Oppong Nkrumah challenged Ablakwa to provide evidence to substantiate his allegation.

“What did Ablakwa say about the actual price [of the DRIP equipment]? This type of politics we’ve seen over and over again. He has to tell us and provide evidence that the price of the DRIP equipment has been inflated. He hasn’t done that, they’ve seen a trick that in this country what many appreciate are allegations.”

“So, they [NDC] may not have anything beneficial to say, all that they need to do is throw allegations out there and insist that the government come to prove otherwise. They are not offering any ideas on how to transform lives.”

The campaign that they [NDC] are doing, apart from allegations, what has been the purpose of their campaign? You are talking about a 24-hour economy… how does it affect the cost of living? The price of the DRIP equipment has been ballooned? What is the actual cost and what is the inflated figure.”
Source: asaaseradio.com