Kofi Adams
Sometimes, silence is golden, but would a haughty lot see wisdom in adage and ancestral admonitions?
Ghana, a country with vast natural resources, now dwells in austerity.
We are in need of everything, and we are suffering for no other reason than the injudicious manner John Mahama and his cronies stole the 2012 elections; and act which they wish to repeat in 2016.
The facts stated by Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo at the NPP branch meeting in Paris, recently, were the basic facts of today's Ghana. And they are simply irrefutable!
The revelation about the importation of plantain is not only enigmatic, but a confirmation of the hopelessness that Ghana has arrived under the drunken eyes of a feckless bunch of obstreperous con artists who want to apply cosmetics to make this curse appear like a blessing.
For their own good, the NDC must refrain Kofi Adams from speaking on their behalf, because his perpetual state of intoxication only serves to accentuate their erroneousness, impudence, confusion and want for good governance.
Kofi Adams is not only a fabricator of lies, he is enjoying the suffering that Ghanaians are going through under the incompetent President John Mahama, and witless officials that represent his government.
A couple of months ago, I stopped by a roasted plantain seller's stall to buy some kofi brokeman and peanuts. Paradoxically, roasted plantains and peanuts are known as the food for the poor until John Mahama came to power and successfully transformed it to the rich man's food due to the state of the economy.
In fact, I was flabbergasted when she informed me that a roasted half piece of plantain was GHs 2. She felt ashamed to tell me. She had no option but to do so, "opanin, me pa wo kyeow, nans3n a b)diy3 ne h). John Mahama, Nyame b3 tua ne ka paa," to wit, "Senior, please, lately, plantains are scarce. God will pay John Mahama in his own coin."
However, little did I know that Ghana was importing plantains from Ivory Coast. Besides, which "revived industries" is Kofi Adams talking about?
Was he referring to Komenda sugar factory? This factory does not have capacity for more than 250 employees, while it has an extended job creation of less than 250. Where did Kofi Adams get his statistics from? Did I hear that he said Ivory Coast is envious of Ghana in the energy sector?
What palpable lies! If John Mahama had the industries at heart, he would have used the 139 million dollars that was spent on sanitary pads imported from China to revamp the only factory in Ghana that produces same! If John Mahama had the industries at heart, he would not have imported clothes material from China-to sew school uniforms when our fabric industries in Ghana are struggling for survival!
If John Mahama had the industries at heart, he would have protected the existing ones by encouraging legislations to curb the inflow of inferior quality products from other countries, and encourage Ghana manufactured ones.
What road networks was Kofi Madams talking about? John Mahama earmarked one billion dollars for the resurfacing of roads in Accra. The foolishness in the implementation is seen everywhere. Good roads are being resurfaced while the bad ones are neglected.
The shoddiest jobs are visible proofs of this madness. Liquid bitumen spread on the stretch of good roads and covered by a layer of large chippings; this is an example of unprofessional jobs of which contractors are paid 1.4 million dollars per kilometer, when their actual cost is about 200,000 dollars.
I was informed by an investor that prior to the award of a contract, interested persons are told that they would have to bribe 50% of the face value of the work. It is no longer 10%. The corrupt NDC have promoted themselves to the highest levels of corruption.
Did Kofi Adams mention interchanges and bridges? Heavens! The circle interchange is a disgrace to engineering. John Mahama's tourist attraction flooded recently in the same manner as last year's.
This overpriced project is said to have made somebody 100 million dollars richer.
The Kasoa interchange made somebody 70 million dollars richer. The Ridge Hospital extension is said to have made somebody 80 million dollars richer.
Meanwhile, after 8 years of NDC governance, the Accra-Kumasi stretch of road remains a death trap. The Suhum bridge is unfinished; the other side of the dual carriage has been abandoned, and yet Kofi Adams runs his mouth as if all is well. The Eastern corridor is non-existent. The western corridor is a tragedy! And he has the guts to lie to the nation in this manner? Anyway that is no longer strange of the NDC!
Mr kofi Adams, John Mahama and your NDC government have not achieved anything. Eight years of NDC have produced nothing except disgrace, poverty, tribal schisms, pandemonium, demonstrations, hills of filth, grave illnesses, higher rate of child mortality, High crime rate, rampant human rights abuse, rich government officials, greater national indebtedness, food shortages, aggrieved public servants, massive unemployment, excruciating electricity and water tariffs, unrestrained theft of the national coffers, yo-yo currency, unprecedented threat of social media blockage on election day, HIPC, etc and the list of shameful non-achievements is endless.
