“What is happening at the moment is nothing short of an organized looting of the public treasury.”
Former NPP MP for Akropong, made the above statement in an interview on Radio Gold on Tuesday.
He reiterated that he had documents that he intends to soon put in the public domain that will prove the scale of the malfeasance taking place in various contracts being awarded by the NPP government. He particularly stressed that there was massive financial scandal in the contract for the construction of the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange.
“All is not well in the way contracts are being awarded. The way prices are being inflated is causing the nation to bleed dangerously,” he stated. He explained that the current secrecy surrounding the printing of the new currency is showing the same pattern of behavior.
“Why don’t we know which companies are printing the currency and what the contract entails? What is the quantum of currency being printed and above all what the cost of the exercise is,” he queried.
He expressed surprise that in this day and age a government claiming openness, zero tolerance and touting itself as a model of good governance could be conducting national affairs in this manner.
Hon Koi Larbi, who is a founding member of the NPP, expressed sorrow that the party he helped found in 1992, has now completely gone off course.
“The party we formed in 1992 had great aspirations to send Ghana forward. That party is totally different from the party we have today,” he said.
This current NPP, he explained, is largely made up of people who seem to only care about themselves and have little or no interest in the national interest.
“I do not think they have the ambition to develop this country. They simply do not have the aspiration of moving Ghana forward.”
He hinted that sooner or later, members of the current government will have to face up to the wrong things being done.
He also condemned the tendency of various political parties to encourage blind party loyalties.
“The tendency to follow party right or wrong must stop. We must be bold to tell our leaders when things are wrong.”
On June 4, Hon Koi Larbi said that history has its own way of providing outlets to bring about justice for the ordinary people.
“The experience of the French people taught Europe that lesson through their bloody revolution. Russia failed to learn that lesson and they paid the price later.
“June 4 was our experience, regrettable though aspects of it was,” he said.
