The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has debunked assertions by some NDC Members of Parliament (MPs) that they helped finance the purchase of the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) equipment.
Recall that the government delivered some excavators and other high quality machines to make Ghana’s roads better under the DRIP initiative.
Some MPs stated that the project was implemented with their portion of the District Assemblies Common Fund.
However, while speaking at a durbar at the Awubia Festival of the people of Awutu Bereku in Awutu Senya West, the flagbearer clarified that parliament did not implement the programme, but rather he proposed its implementation on a committee he chaired at the time.
Bawumia said: “On that committee which I chaired, the critical roads committee, I came up with the idea that we should buy equipment to help every district construct roads in Ghana. So we were to buy all districts excavators, rollers, graders, backhoes, tipper trucks and so on. This was an idea from my committee. It has nothing to do with Parliament.
“It has nothing to do with Parliament. We came up with the idea, we funded that. It didn’t go to Parliament for any approval so nobody should come and claim that they were responsible for all the equipment that we have sent to every district in this country.”
“This was the committee that I chaired. We came up with that idea and I made sure that we bought all of this equipment and we have taken it to every district in Ghana. So nobody should come and lie about it.”
