• About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Newstitbits
Advertisement
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    Benjamin Kofi Quashie, Chairman of the NDC Council of Elders in South Africa

    Ghanaians in South Africa encouraged to stay law-abiding, assured of better representation at High Commission

    ECG disconnects GWL from national grid over nearly GH¢1bn debt

    ECG disconnects GWL from national grid over nearly GH¢1bn debt

    John Mahama

    Mahama bans DSTV, satellite TV subscriptions at Jubilee House

    Nurses and midwives reject govt’s debt exchange programme

    Strike: Akandoh urges retired nurses to volunteer services temporarily

    New conditions of service for nurses will throw economy off-gear if implemented – Health Minister

    New conditions of service for nurses will throw economy off-gear if implemented – Health Minister

    Ghana and Morocco sign groundbreaking visa-free travel agreement

    Ghana and Morocco sign groundbreaking visa-free travel agreement

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • POLITICS
  • SHOWBIZ
  • SPORTS
  • BUSINESS
  • ELECTIONS
  • RELIGION
  • EDUCATION
  • WORLD
  • MORE
    • QUIRKY NEWS
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MEDIA
      • PHOTOS
      • VIDEOS
    • TECH
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    Benjamin Kofi Quashie, Chairman of the NDC Council of Elders in South Africa

    Ghanaians in South Africa encouraged to stay law-abiding, assured of better representation at High Commission

    ECG disconnects GWL from national grid over nearly GH¢1bn debt

    ECG disconnects GWL from national grid over nearly GH¢1bn debt

    John Mahama

    Mahama bans DSTV, satellite TV subscriptions at Jubilee House

    Nurses and midwives reject govt’s debt exchange programme

    Strike: Akandoh urges retired nurses to volunteer services temporarily

    New conditions of service for nurses will throw economy off-gear if implemented – Health Minister

    New conditions of service for nurses will throw economy off-gear if implemented – Health Minister

    Ghana and Morocco sign groundbreaking visa-free travel agreement

    Ghana and Morocco sign groundbreaking visa-free travel agreement

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • POLITICS
  • SHOWBIZ
  • SPORTS
  • BUSINESS
  • ELECTIONS
  • RELIGION
  • EDUCATION
  • WORLD
  • MORE
    • QUIRKY NEWS
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MEDIA
      • PHOTOS
      • VIDEOS
    • TECH
No Result
View All Result
Newstitbits
No Result
View All Result

I’m paying contractors you owed: Akufo-Addo pokes Mahama 

January 17, 2018
Reading Time: 2 mins read

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that his government is close to clearing all the debts owed contractors which he inherited from the Mahama-administration.

“I have been urged to pay contractors, I am paying them. In 2017 nearly 1 billion cedis of which the government of Ghana provided 305 million and the road fund provided some 660 million of the 1.6 billion owed contractors was cleared,” he stated.

The president was addressing journalists in his second media encounter at the Flagstaff House on Wednesday.

This appears to be an indirect response to former President Mahama who accused him of reneging on his promise to pay contractors who executed various government projects within 100 days in office. READ MORE

[L-R] John Mahama and Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo pointed out that “in January this year, we have dispersed 125 million of the remaining of 600 million to the contractors”.

The president had earlier noted that his government inherited a “distress economy choked with debts”, which prompted him to do things differently.

Enumerating some of the things done by his government to protect the public purse, President Akufo-Addo stated:

“We have to subject 8 billion cedis of arrears bequeath to us in the beginning of 2017 to a process of audit review and validation,” he stated.

He revealed that the Audit Service satisfied “payment to the tune of 5.5 billion cedis and rejected about 5.7 billion cedis, representing a potential saving of 51 percent of these outstanding commitments”.

This, President Akufo-Addo said, “shows the validity of our criticisms that so much of contracts awarded in the Mahama era were inflated and apparently in some cases were non-existent.

“I have promised to protect the public purse and I am doing just that some of the contracts signed under Mahama.”

By Isaac Essel |3news.com |Ghana

Previous Post

We won’t allow govt to hound out EC officials – NDC

Next Post

US imposes new ‘America First’ tariffs

Related Posts

Mr. Benjamin Kofi Quashie, the Group Chairman of Allied Consortiums

Being loud doesn’t help – NDC SA Council Chair slams Wontumi, warns of day of accountability

Benjamin Kofi Quashie, Chairman of the NDC Council of Elders in South Africa

Benjamin Quashie slams NPP over alleged misuse of state resources

Kennedy Agyapong

Group slams Ken Agyapong over self-serving politics, warns of damaging impact on NPP’s future

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo after being sworn into office by President Akufo-Addo

Akufo-Addo’s governance style has landed CJ in this quagmire – Quashie

Next Post

US imposes new 'America First' tariffs

I'm yet to be cleared, officially, - Dep. EC Chair

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Being loud doesn’t help – NDC SA Council Chair slams Wontumi, warns of day of accountability
  • Body of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun repatriated for burial
  • Ghana has lost $11 billion to gold smuggling, links to UAE, report finds
  • Ghanaians in South Africa encouraged to stay law-abiding, assured of better representation at High Commission
  • Benjamin Quashie slams NPP over alleged misuse of state resources
  • ECG disconnects GWL from national grid over nearly GH¢1bn debt
  • Detained BECE candidates: Kwabre East MP reports headmaster to police
  • Chris Arthur writes: NPP delegates always punish an “internal enemy”

Popular Stories

  • Body of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun repatriated for burial

    Body of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun repatriated for burial

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Ghana has lost $11 billion to gold smuggling, links to UAE, report finds

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Detained BECE candidates: Kwabre East MP reports headmaster to police

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • ECG disconnects GWL from national grid over nearly GH¢1bn debt

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Ghanaians in South Africa encouraged to stay law-abiding, assured of better representation at High Commission

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

ABOUT US

Newstitbits.com is a 21st Century journalism providing the needed independent, credible, fair and reliable alternative in comprehensive news delivering that promotes knowledge, political stability and economic prosperity.

Contact us: [email protected]

@2023 – Newstitbits.com. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
  • SHOWBIZ
  • SPORTS
  • BUSINESS
  • ELECTIONS
  • RELIGION
  • EDUCATION
  • WORLD
  • MORE
    • QUIRKY NEWS
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MEDIA
      • PHOTOS
      • VIDEOS
    • TECH

@2024 - Newstitbits.com. All Rights Reserved.