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Release
November
17, 2013
AFAG
KUME PREKO BUDGET;
CLUELESS GOVERNMENT
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) is
surprised at the way government, through the finance
minister, Hon. Seth Terkper, sought to play on the minds
of Ghanaians, by presenting a budget that showed no
clear direction and only engaging in a cosmetic means of
projecting the NDC administration as a caring one.
The decision by the President, vice President and the
Executive to voluntarily cut their salaries by 10% can
simply be tricks which will have no impact on an economy
filled with corrupt practices. We wonder the motive
behind such a move when the introduction of the single
spine is supposed to mean equal pay for equal work done.
Are they now telling us that they have realized a
reduction in productivity? A focused economy that is
cutting down on waste and sealing all the leakages in
the revenue collection bowl is what the Ghanaian
expects. Government must be tough and cut the pipe lines
that direct the leakages to individual bank accounts.
The sole sourcing, inflated contract sums and raw
corruption can do better for maternal care than this so
called show of leadership. If we have a government that
is determined to chase monies wrongly paid to friends
and cronies, we can improve on our infrastructural
developments without overburdening the people.
In the coming days, AFAG will hold series of press
engagements on the untoward hardships being experienced
by Ghanaians and the unbridled corruption that has
engulfed the country. The increment of VAT by 2.5% is a
killer to Ghanaian businesses. This universal suffrage
inflicted on the Ghanaian can no longer be tolerated.
The budget gives no HOPE and simply be termed, ‘KUME
PREKO’ Budget 2014.
Signed:
Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye
Davis Opoku Ansah
Abu Ramadan
Arnold Boateng
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Corruption becoming cultural
problem in Ghana – Dr Akwetey
GBN, Nov 18, Ghanadot
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“Ghanaians now tolerate
corruption. It is a habit that has become a culture. It
is like fire that is engulfing us. Money has become our
greatest value which we have traded with integrity,
honesty, moral code and so on. We need to fight the
culture of corruption,” he said.........More,
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Ghana Dollar Drought Crushes
Traders as Bank Hoards Cash
Bloomberg, Nov 19, Ghanadot - The drought in
trading underscores the havoc being wrought on
developing nations by speculation the U.S. plans to
scale back its monetary stimulus program as soon as the
first quarter. .
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1 in 3 Africans paid bribes in
past year, poll finds
USAToday, Nov 14, Ghanadot - Nearly one-third of
Africans surveyed say they have been forced to pay
bribes including for medical treatment, according to a
34-nation poll released Wednesday....The Afrobarometer
survey also found it was often the poorest people in
each country who were pressured to pay bribes at health
clinics and hospitals.. ..
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Akufo-Addo faction wants Tarzan
probed for financial loss
Ghanaweb, Nov 14, Ghanadot - Asked
whether the call on the President to include Dr.
Wereko-Brobby in the list of those to be investigated
for alleged corrupt practices perpetrated against the
State is not to shut-up the former VRA boss following
his incessant attacks and criticisms on Nana Akufo-Addo
and the NPP during the election petition hearing; one of
them replied, “this is not witch-hunting, but the fact
is that people must be held accountable for their
actions”. ...More
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