AFAG demonstration to hit Prez. Mahama November 4

Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has set November 4, 2014 to demonstrate against what the group describes as “excessive abuse and misuse of state resources by National Democratic Congress (NDC) appointees”.

According to AFAG, “Ghanaians have not seen any value for money ever since the NDC took over from the NPP in 2009.”

A press statement signed by some members of AFAG said there seemed to be a well organised attempt to strip the state of its funds by dishonest appointees filled with greed.

It said, “Ghanaians have not seen any value for money. We cannot boast of capital investments. We can only boast of well organised corruption. Every day and it’s new revelation of waste and misuse of state resources. There appears to be a well organised attempt to strip the state naked of its funds by dishonest appointees filled with greed.”

The group cited the increasing public debt (from Ghc 8 billion as of January 2009 to Ghc56 billion as April 2014), abandoned public projects and collapsed social investment schemes such as the National Health Insurance Scheme, the School Feeding Programme and the capitation grant as some of the failures on the part of government.

AFAG also accused President Mahama of looking on to “the mess” and called for him to resign, saying, “Mr President your inability to resign is fast forwarding our backwardness”.

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