The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region has urged the public to disregard statements made by the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, regarding the government’s construction of a fish landing site in Keta.
The NDC in Keta argues that there is no evidence to support the government’s claims of having constructed a fish landing site project in Keta or anywhere else in the Volta Region.
In his address to the nation on Wednesday, February 7, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia stated that the NPP government has constructed more fish landing sites than any other government since 1992, listing locations such as Axim, Dixcove, Moree, Mumford, Winneba, Senya Breku, Gomoa Fetteh, Teshie, Keta, Osu, Ekumfi, and Mfantseman.
The Volta Regional Communication Officer of the NDC, Sorkpa Kafui Agbleze, debunked the Vice President’s statements, describing them as a deliberate misrepresentation of facts that demonstrate a blatant disregard for the truth.
“When you go through the pages of the statement that he [Bawumia] has made, he indeed made reference to it [the Keta fish landing site], but then our verification shows that there is no landing site in Keta.
“In 2019, the regional minister, Dr. [Archibald] Letsa, spoke on behalf of the president and promised that the people of Keta would have a landing site, but there is currently no fish landing site in Keta that the Vice President alluded to, and so we want Ghanaians to know that the statement made by the NPP’s flagbearer is untrue because there is no fish landing site in Keta.”
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Meanwhile, the Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has touted the significant contributions of the erstwhile John Mahama administration in developing the Ghana Card system.
According to him, the NDC government started the implementation process of the Ghana Card as far back as 2016, arguing that the NPP government only continued with the system developed by the Mahama government.
He claimed that the Mahama administration in 2016 collected biometric and demographic data on about 16 million Ghanaians and processed about 4.7 million cards.
Commenting on Dr Bawumia’s address to the nation, Sammy Gyamfi claimed that the Mahama administration distributed about 900,000 cards before leaving office in 2016.
“Dr. Bawumia deliberately ignored the significant contributions of the NDC/Mahama administration in developing the Ghana Card system to what it is today.
“It is important to note, that by 2016, the NDC/Mahama administration had Passed the law that makes the Ghana Card the sole document for identification purposes for any transaction (L.I 2111). Collected biometric and demographic data on about 16 million Ghanaians. Processed about 4.7 million cards. Distributed about 900,000 cards.
“Clearly, this government only came to continue the implementation of a system that had already been developed by the NDC/Mahama government, as a continuation of what was started under [former] President J. A Kufuor and continued by [former] President J.E Atta-Mills of blessed memory. The Ghana card credit must therefore be shared by all successive governments who have contributed to where we are today. Note that Bawumia does not even credit his boss, Akufo-Addo.”
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Read below portions of Sammy Gyamfi’s speaking notes on Dr Bawumia’s address to the nation
THE GHANA CARD LIE
- *Dr. Bawumia deliberately ignored the significant contributions of the NDC/Mahama administration in developing the GhanaCard system to what it is today.
- It is important to note, that by 2016, the NDC/Mahama administration had:
- Passed the law that makes the Ghana Card the sole document for identification purposes for any transaction (L.I 2111)
- Collected biometric and demographic data on about 16 million Ghanaians
iii. Processed about 4.7 million cards
- Distributed about 900,000 cards
- Procured 9 million blank cards
- Upon assumption of office in 2017, Dr. Bawumia constituted a three-man committee headed by Prof. Ken Attafuah, to review the contract and implementation of the Ghana Card system.
- The committee established the facts enumerated above which is contained on page 1 of the report and recommended the use of the existing database to continue from where the NDC left off.
- Indeed, the NIA boss Prof. Ken Attafuah told Parliament that the contract that was signed by the NDC/Mahama administration with the Margins Group, is the same contract that is being implemented today.
- Clearly, this government only came to continue the implementation of a system that had already been developed by the NDC/Mahama government, as a continuation of what was started under President Kuffour and continued by President Mills of blessed memory.
- The Ghana card credit must therefore be shared by all successive governments who have contributed to where we are today. Note that Bawumia does not even credit his boss, Akufo-Addo…
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