A Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has described as deeply\u00a0embarrassing, Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s \u201cgaffe\u201d on the cost of the Kasoa Interchange project.<\/p>\n
Nana Akufo-Addo at the second Aliu Mahama memorial lecture challenged the figures quoted by government and advised President John Mahama to re-evaluate the project cost through an open tender.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”TAbE364acbaYci7hJPwq5OaduLjXshQ5″]Nana Addo said he strongly believed that the price of $172-million\u00a0was inflated by the government.<\/p>\n
He said:\u00a0\u201cI accept that the government is not building an ordinary interchange. But as I have said, many have expressed deep anxieties about the cost and it is definitely one of the things leading to the perception of corruption in government.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, in a post on his Facebook page, Mr. Ofosu Kwakye said\u00a0the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2016 presidential candidate\u2019s \u201cabject failure to check with his party\u2019s MPs who approved the loan agreement for the project before making the false claim that the contract sum was inflated …reveals a troubling lack of thoroughness and attention to detail which is hardly the stuff that Presidents are made.”<\/p>\n
\u201cOn any day, President Mahama trumps Mr Akufo-Addo…Mr. Akufo-Addo\u2019s high profile gaffe on the Kasoa Interchange project must be deeply embarrassing for his followers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n