275 saga bus: Freddie Blay should tell us his source of revenue

This comes as allegations of vote buying against Mr. Blay have prevailed in the run-up to the national presidency of the NPP.

275 Saga Bus
Prior to the conference, Mr. Blay was widely criticized for personally purchasing some 275 buses for all NPP constituency offices across the country.

The issue was controversial with opposition political parties and civil authorities. Civil society organizations, including its closest competitor, Stephen Ntim describing it as the purchase of votes.

According to reports, Mr. Blay as guarantor paid $ 3 million, which represents 30% of the total cost of $ 11.4 million. Freddie Blay's spokesman, Richard Nyamah, then explained that Freddie Blay had taken out a loan from the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) to buy the 275 buses and that the constituencies would pay

Richard Nyamah also revealed that the NPP was behind the decision of the acting president to buy a bus for each of the 275 constituencies of the party

. But in a statement signed by the NDC's communications team member, Sammy Gyamfi and copied to GhanaWeb, she asked where Freddie Blay had received the money.

He wonders how Freddie Blay could get $ 11 million under two years as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation (GNCP)

"This is to this moment that everyone, including the media and civil society has begun to realize that we are dealing with dangerous people able to carry out any "threat" of staging, but we must ask ourselves about the wealth from Mr. Blay to fund the biggest political show of our time? He is the chairman of the GNPC board of directors, who oversees Ghanaian oil, and his wife is Ghana's ambbadador to Germany, So Mr Blay made a fortune with less than two years of power, which he intends to generously give back to the peo He felt that political observers and some Ghanaians have worried about the levels of debauchery and imprudent waste of the bun under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo

". By appointing an oversized team of 110 ministers, topped with a thousand presidential staff, Ghanaians have witnessed other acts of deliberate misappropriation of public funds under this government, "he lamented. 19659002] He added: The highlight was the contest of politicians who have demonstrated their prowess by showing the riches that they have wrested from the Ghanaian people. "

He was of the opinion that Ghanaians were waiting patiently for the 2020 general election to launch Akufo. Addo led the administration out of power

Here is the complete statement
THE "UNDIPLOMATIC" BRITISH DIPLOMAT AND THE CONFERENCE OF DEPUTIES OF THE BNP DE DEMONSTRATION

Political observers have b een s & # 39; Concerned levels of profligacy and imprudent waste of the public treasury under the supervision of President Akufo-Addo. By appointing an oversized team of 110 ministers, topped with a thousand presidential staff, Ghanaians have witnessed other acts of deliberate misappropriation of public funds under this government.

Just as the Ghanaian people thought they had seen enough of Akufo-Addo's aegis, the events that preceded the National Conference of Nuclear Power Plant Delegates over the weekend have left many people trembling and breathless. As a stock in the trade of the nuclear power plant, from the first day, the campaign was not a campaign of ideas and skills, but the salient point was who can thwart his opponent in a game of ostentation.

The culmination of the contest of the outstanding politicians, who converged to show off their prowess by showing the riches that they snatched from the Ghanaian people.

Of all the unbridled prodigies of which one testifies, one can not deny that the exploits of Freddy Blay (today president elect) of the nuclear power station left much astonishment. Here is a man whose quest to run a political party in his highest office, a party that he had barely joined a decade ago, led him to join the party. boldly commit to providing a brand new bus to every constituency in Ghana. Some of us first saw this as one of the braggadocios speeches of a politician wishing to impress. However, to our amazement and disbelief, three days before the much anticipated Conference of Delegates, Mr. Blay fulfilled his promise by taking delivery of a first shipment of 100 of the 275 buses that he had promised.

It is at this moment that all, including the media and civil society have begun to realize that we are dealing with dangerous people who are able to carry out every "threat" of the show. But do we need to ask about Mr. Blay's source of wealth to finance the biggest political show of our time? Of course not! He is the chairman of the GNPC board of directors, who oversees Ghana's oil, and his wife is Ghana's ambbadador to Germany. So Mr. Blay made a fortune in less than two years of power, what he intends to give back "generously" to the people who gave him power.

Thus, the lack of enthusiasm was the imprudent display of opulence in the end. Conference, that when the representative of the British Conservative Party, Dr. John Hayward arrived at the venue of the Conference at the Technical University of Koforidua, he had the shock of his life on what he had seen. Such was his incredulity, that when he stepped on the podium to address the delegates, the diplomat threw his diplomacy at the dogs and shouted: "… is this the best use of our resources?" The man could not just imagine how he saw so many posters, banners and giant billboards, far more than delegates. I dare to say that the diplomat would have collapsed on seeing the Blay buses and the elegantly personalized Cedi notes that traded hands on the place! John Hayward may have wondered if these people had learned something after more than 60 years of independence?

Many of us, like the British diplomat, are still recovering from the ruthless dissipation of the public funds we have witnessed, and we fear that the worst is yet to come. It is a government that has made grand and grandiose campaign promises to the people of Ghana, many of whom have become castles in the sand. Today, instead of a constituency, a million dollars has been pledged to the people, the nuclear power plant has successfully delivered 275 new buses to his party friends. Instead of an inclusive government, President Akufo-Addo has managed to operationalize the concept of government for family, friends, "concubines" and mates. Instead of protecting public money, President Akufo Addo and his NPP have redefined corruption and given it its true meaning!

I have no doubt that the people of Ghana are waiting patiently for this government to understand politics as a call to service. she is destined to be. Some of us have lost hope in the ability of this government to successfully lead the Ghana project. However, in our sadness and sorrow, we still have confidence in the Ghanaian people to punish the demonstrating politicians and save the soul of our nation by 2020.

God bless our homeland Ghana.
Signed!
Sammy Gyamfi, Member of the NDC National Communications Team

Source: Daniel Kaku