About 50% of Ghana’s budget goes to waste with no accountability – Former NPP chairman

A former chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the New Juaben Constituency, Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang, has lamented the level of wastage and the lack of accountability that has characterized government expenditure over the years.

Speaking on Top FM's 'Final Point' program, Agyemang-Boateng emphasized that the situation is worsened by the over-politicization of issues.

"We turn everything into politics, and we, the politicians, defend it. We will bring up Saglemi, and argue that Nana Addo did this and Mahama did that. I keep saying that in this country, about 50% of the budget we prepare in Ghana goes to waste, and nobody is held accountable for that.

"You can bring another politician on the show after me, and the one thing he will do is rant about what someone has done, meanwhile, he has taken some money somewhere. But because of hypocrisy, he will come and criticize just to score a point," he stated.

He underscored the need for accountability, maintaining that issues of national discourse should be discussed and dealt with devoid of political interests, as such actions tend to hold the country back and affect national development.

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