Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has replicated in same style, a popular campaign message used by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in 2016.
In the lead up to the 2016 general elections, then running mate, Dr. Bawumia on a campaign platform complained about how Ghanaians are suffering as a result of the poor management of the economy.
Listing as many professions as possible, Dr. Bawumia indicated that workers from every sector of the economy were suffering because things had been abysmally managed.
During its ‘Moment of Truth’ series at the party’s headquarters Monday, February 19, 2024, National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, reechoed what Bawumia said at the time which he says are in their worst forms today.
He said “today, Ghanaians are suffering because the meager resources of the country which are supposed to be put to judicious use for the benefit of all Ghanaians, have been hijacked by the greedy, selfish and corrupt Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government and their accomplices in the ruling New Patriotic Party.
“This is why today, students are suffering; teachers are suffering; nurses are suffering; doctors are suffering; market women are suffering; drivers are suffering; mates are suffering; Okada riders are suffering; engineers are suffering; pastors are suffering; journalists are suffering; Spare parts dealers are suffering; women are suffering; men are suffering; “boys boys” are suffering; “girls girls” are suffering; children are suffering; and all of us are suffering,” he listed as the gathering added the “suffering” after each mention.
“We are suffering because of the unprecedented corruption we are witnessing under Akufo-Addo and his corrupt protégé Bawumia. It’s as simple as that,” he added.
Sammy Gyamfi continued that any person involved in the PDS theft would face the full rigours of the law when the NDC comes to power.
“Fellow countrymen and women, the “Agyapa” scam clearly amounts to wilfully causing financial loss to the state, and the culprits of same must not go unpunished. We in the NDC, and all well-meaning Ghanaians, repose huge trust and confidence in H.E John Mahama, to pursue and retrieve for the state, public funds that have been lost to looting schemes such as this “Agyapa” scandal, the PDS scandal, the “BOSTGATE” scandal and other acts of naked thievery by officials of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government and their party apparatchiks,” Sammy Gyamfi stated.
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The revelation about the money was made at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on the report of the Auditor-General on the accounts of the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) for the period ended 31 December 2022.
Chief Executive Officer of the MIIF, Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng, made the disclosure when he appeared before the PAC, revealing that an amount of USD$12 million was spent on the deal.
The CEO had also indicated that the sum was spent on the setting up of the “Agyapa” Royalties vehicle, the payment of consultancy fees, the rental of office space and the processes leading to the Initial Public Offering towards the listing of “Agyapa” Royalties on the London Stock Exchange.
We’ll prosecute Bawumia for corruption if he leaves power – Sammy Gyamfi
