The former President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has said that most of the projects he began across the country in Ghana has been abandoned by the Nana Addo led administration.
The former President has said that the act of not continuing projects in the country is something new that has been introduced by Nana Addo’s administration.
He described the act as ‘sad and disheartening’.
“It is sad and disheartening. What I can say is, it is this government that has started it.
“I was in Rawlings’s administration as a deputy minister and later a minister. When we handed over to President John Agyekum Kufuor’s administration, I never saw or heard that a contractor was stopped from continuing a project.
“He completed all projects, I didn’t see any abandoned project. It was the same in the late President Mills’s government and I also continued after Mills.
“It is this government that has asked all contractors to stop their work for review. It’s been five years and some works are still under review and have been left abandoned.”
He stated that when the NDC is given the power again they will make sure to complete the uncompleted projects across the country.
“I have said that when the NDC comes to power in 2024, for the first year or two, the NDC will focus on finishing all abandoned projects. It doesn’t mean we will not do any new projects – of course urgent or emergent projects will be done, when need be – but resources will be geared towards completing all abandoned projects for the benefit of Ghana,” he stated.
