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Release
January 26, 2012
STATEMENT PRESENTED BY AFAG TO THE
PEOPLE OF GHANA
Fellow Ghanaians, today we are gathered here to bring to
your attention the feeling of mass injustice, the levels of
unprecedented hardship and the insensitivity of the
Government which has created despondency in the country.
As a group, it has always been our humble opinion that
governments are instituted for the welfare of the masses.
Events in the past three years have however proven
otherwise. Today whiles the masses live in difficult
economic times, members of the Mills -Mahama administration
continuously display opulence and waste.
Fellow Ghanaians, never in the history of this country have
we witnessed such spate of labor agitation and unrest,
levels of insecurity, graduate unemployment and record
breaking levels of corruption.
But in the midst of all these, what is appalling is the fact
that, from President Mills down to the last person in the
NDC, we are forced to accept that life under the Mills-Mahama
government is much better than any other Government in our
history as a country.
Fellow countrymen, the obvious fact is that if there is
indeed a better Ghana, then it is being felt by only the few
‘Greedy Bastards’ who are enjoying the largesse of state and
profiting from the massive corruption which has been
institutionalized by the Mills/Mahama government. Indeed one
of the clearest examples is the Woyome scandal, where Woyome,
who had no contract with government, was able to cause
government to pay him a whooping GHC58 million (C580.0 BN)
of the tax payers money. It should be noted that in the 2012
fiscal year none of the social intervention programs of
government attracted an allocation of more than GHC
50million. For the records, SADA attracted GH 30.0million,
Capitation Grant GHC 25.0million, schools under trees
GH28million and MASLOC GH35. The loss of GH58.0million is
therefore a very serious matter It is however interesting to
note that, Martin Amidu, the former Attorney General who
detected what has come to be known as ‘gargantuan crime’
against the state and initiated processes to retrieve the
money was fired by the president for alleged misconduct,
whiles the collaborators of Woyome still remain at post.
This has raised several questions about the commitment of
the president to the fight against corruption.
Another pointer is the construction of a 20.0million dollar
multi-purpose office complex at Adabraka. Ladies and
Gentlemen, till date, the NDC has failed to provide any
credible source of funding for the project.
Again, the refusal of government to uphold a court order to
remove illegal margins on the pricing of petroleum products
which has been charged for the past three years and has
accrued a whooping GH 690 million is testament of
government’s lack of commitment to cushioning the masses.
Against the non compliance of the ruling, government still
went ahead to increase petroleum products in December.
Finally AFAG demands of Mr. Kwame Peprah Board Chairman of
SSNIT to come clean in the role he played in divesting 61.1%
of SSNIT shares in The Trust Bank. AFAG is therefore giving
him a two week ultimatum to come out or be exposed.
Signed:
Abu Ramadan—0244570006 Arnold Boateng -0244294754
Davis Opoku Ansah-0244861593 Henry Asante- 0248274646
Maame Afua Akoto- 0244287327 Bright Acheampong- 0545230621
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