The Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Isaac Agyei-Mensah, has defended what critics have described as inconsistencies in President John Mahama’s recent State of the Nation Address.
In some cases, the text of the address, which was released much later, does not correspond with the president’s live address to Parliament, particularly his claims about the road sector.
[contextly_sidebar id=”nc6yleYvM5nnhRSc0Ghhj4ikXrOjCiiI”]Some citizens have thus accused the President’s appointees of misleading Parliament and Ghanaians by passing on falsehood to the President.
But speaking on Citi FM’s new analysis programme, The Big Issue, the Deputy Minister said Ghanaians should rather stick to the copy released after the delivery and not what the President said to Members of Parliament.
“There is nothing wrong when the president reads the State of the Nation Address as printed and citing some of the projects, which were not captured in the document because they are not exhaustive. But if you want to hold on with your official issues, you have to go with what is printed here,” he argued.
Other inconsistencies
President Mahama, during the address in Parliament, said government has removed taxes on imported pharmaceutical products but that was not captured in the full text.
He also mentioned a number of road projects ongoing in Keta, Hohoe among others in his address; but the same information cannot be found in the text.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana