{"id":407515,"date":"2018-03-07T15:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=407515"},"modified":"2018-03-08T13:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T13:23:15","slug":"ghana60-projects-abandoned-for-lack-of-funds-cttee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=407515","title":{"rendered":"Ghana@60 projects abandoned for lack of funds – C\u2019ttee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chairman of the Ghana 60 Years On Committee, Ken Amankwah has told Citi News <\/strong>that the Committee was unable to achieve most of its ambitious programmes last year [2017] due to the lack of funds.<\/p>\n

Some of the projects included the building of 60 libraries in deprived areas across all 10 regions in the country.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”j9SRKeq76eBLFVy853oQBYSeTxOj8ffo”]President Akufo-Addo had charged the Committee to generate the funds of its GH\u00a220 million budget\u00a0for the programmes and projects from sponsorship by Corporate entities.<\/p>\n

Explaining the situation to Citi News<\/strong>, Mr. Amankwah said the committee was however unable to execute these projects because the budgets submitted by various companies who were supposed to undertake them were too \u201chuge\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these proposals were brought by people we call consultants and we asked them to bring budgets so we analyse. The budget, as usual, was humongous. [They were] very huge budgets, and looking at our collection, we did not think we could use it. I think this time around, we were victims of our own success.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further explained that the company that submitted the proposal the construction of the libraries left the country before work could start on the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could not construct the libraries…It was a proposal that was brought by West Blue consortium who were formerly a digital company. The company unfortunately left and its work was taken over by another company but the company that came in was not interested in the proposal,\u201d Mr. Amankwah explained.<\/p>\n

Government was widely-criticized for setting the budget for the Independence Day celebrations at GH\u00a220 million, an amount many considered exorbitant.<\/p>\n

Concerns were raised over government\u2019s decision to spend so much on the celebration at a time when the country was struggling with huge levels of debt.<\/p>\n

But the Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration clarified that the amount would be used for developmental projects over the period of a year and not necessarily spent on the actual celebration.<\/p>\n

The planning committee further indicated that no public funds would be used for the projects, indicating that they would raise the money through sponsorship from corporate institutions.<\/p>\n

A number of activities had been lined up for last year’s celebration, including a wreath-laying ceremony, a video documentary on Ghana’s Independence, an inter-schools debate competition, an innovative apps challenge, an international gospel concert, a public lecture and the independence day parade, among other things.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Marian Ansah & Caleb Kudah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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