Somanya University: Akufo Addo peddles the lie or shows economy with the truth – Sammy Gyamfi

Policy of Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Source: www.radiogold905.com

2018-11-27

Sammy Gyamfi, recently elected communications officer at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), described President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo as a dishonest and often frugal politician with the truth.

His comments follow President Akufo Addo's badertion that the National Democratic Congress (NDC), wishing to return to power to "create, loot and share", resorted to propaganda and lies, adding that the The biggest opposition party did it he realized that he was going to spend a lot of time out of government.

Debunking claims that his government intends to transfer the Somanya University of the Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) to his hometown, Bunso, in the eastern region, announced on Thursday, November 22, 2018 during its first day visiting the region:

"I come from the Bunso area, so it's very easy for them [NDC] to come and say to you: "All that is destined for you, he now takes it to his hometown." This is not the basis on which I head Ghana. I do not only defend the inhabitants of Akim Abuakwa or Bunso, but I represent the entire Ghanaian nation ".

According to President Akufo-Addo, this deliberate act of misinformation is peddled by the NDC because "these are people [NDC] who are preparing for a long period of opposition, "explaining that the more the NDC is desperate, the more inventories it will invent.

"They, in their desperation to come to power, are ready to say anything. Their return to power aims to continue the program "Create, loot and share". This program is dead in Ghana. This will not happen again, it is not the program sought by the Ghanaian people, "added the president.

But Mr Gyamfi, in an interview with Gold Power Drive, on Friday described the president's statements as a product of his imagination.

"It was either the president's officials who informed the president about the Somanya affair who were not loyal to him on the facts, or the president deliberately chose to peddle lies to the people of Somanya, because the facts of the question contradicts the president's position.

"The university in question is part of the legacy of former President John Mahama as part of his vision of building a university in the ten regions of Ghana and is consistent with the promise made by the party in 2012 to the people of the east of his manifesto. "

"We pbaded Law No. 898 of 2016 on the establishment of a University of the Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) in order to create this university in the East. L & # Article 3 of the law clearly states the establishment of the university in Somanya with satellite campuses in Donkorkrom and at any other place determined by the university council, thus under the law creating the university. 'University, it is clear that the seat of the university must be located in Somanya,' he explained.

The newly elected National Communications Officer of the NDC also pointed out that prior to the departure of the NDC's power in 2017, the Italian government had already granted about 45 million dollars to the Italian government through the intermediary of the NDC. a Brazilian construction company for the construction of the main campus of Somanya University. has also gone from the front to cut the turf for the construction of the university headquarters.

"The nuclear power plant came to power and, around June / July 2018, the government submitted a credit facility to Parliament for approval.This credit facility was to secure $ 90 million from the bank. Exim, from South Korea, for the construction of a university campus of the environment and sustainable development in Bunso, in the southern region of Akim Abuakwa, in the eastern region.

"So that's what we objected to, that's what we criticized because it was not legal and contrary to section 3 of the law creating the university. At the time, they set up this loan facility in Parliament. and the act had not been changed and it was therefore illegal for President Akufo Addo and his government to divert the $ 90 million that the NDC government had created for a campus in Bunso rather than for Donkorkrom. We felt that it was about discrimination, division and sectarianism. "Mr Gyamfi pointed out.