Paul Adom-Otchere the host of Good Evening Ghana has made a shocking allegation against the National Democratic Congress (NDC) members of parliament and the Finance Ministry.
According to Paul Adom Otchere, the GETFund projects allocated to Members of Parliament were intended to compensate certain lawmakers without appointments.
Parliament of Ghana on Saturday, March 29, approved the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) distribution formula of GHC250,000 each for Members of Parliament.
The allocation is meant to fund the MPs’ educational-related projects in their constituencies and an additional GHC150,000 was also allocated to each Member of Parliament to monitor these projects.
Parliament’s decision has sparked criticism from some Ghanaians doubting the necessity and appropriateness of the funds.
Paul Adom Otchere on his show alleged that some NDC MPs were disappointed with the government for sidelining them and not considering them for appointments.
Speaking on his show, Paul Adom Otchere claimed, “The reason as we have been told is that there’s concern from the 188 Members of Parliament of the NDC who did not secure ministerial positions, are not likely to secure board positions, and did not secure deputy ministerial positions and therefore, do not have any executive authority where they have the power of the pen to sign signatures and also get a budget to run with.
“And so, they feel that there will be pressure on them from their constituents given that everyone knows they are members of the ruling party and they may lose their primaries,” Adom Otchere alleged.
He further alleged that the disappointed MPs were planning to boycott and vote against any government business so the Minister of Finance Ato Forson made arrangements to allocate GH¢400,000 every quarter to the MPs.
According to Adom-Otchere, the GH¢400,000 every quarter is intended to secure their backing for the approval of bills presented in the parliament.
Paul Adom Otchere added, “Now the story is that the NDC at the Ministry of Finance level is telling the MPs that when we bring things to Parliament, please vote for it. This is because there are conversations going off by the backbenchers that they will teach the NDC a lesson since they are not getting anything.
“They will fail every bill that comes and they have the numbers to do so. So, upon what looks like a pseudo threat, the Ministry of Finance and the NDC have decided that every quarter, they will make sure that there’s some paperwork, and processes to give every Member of Parliament GH¢400,000 of the taxpayers money. We just hope that is not true,” he stated.
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