According to Adwoa Safo, she secured the necessary funding from the World Bank for the project hence should be credited for it.

“It is absurd for the NDC [National Democratic Congress] administration to claim ownership of the Kwabenya SHS project, when they are aware that, all the Community Day SHSs built by the former President Mahama were situated only in their strongholds,” she said while addressing her constituents.

But speaking on the Point Blank segment on Eyewitness News, Ablakwa dismissed these claims, saying the project was part of Mahama’s 200 community SHS project executed nationwide.

“The World Bank appraisal document is available even on the World Bank website as we speak. The World Bank has no room for dealing with Members of Parliament on this government interventions. If this is her project then the World Bank would have released funds to her and she would have then gone through the procurement processes and award the project. I bet you, Adwoa Safo does not even know who the contractor is for this project. She does not know how this project was awarded. There is really no need to engage in this outright falsehood,” he noted.

Ablakwa said although he respects Adwoa Safo who aside being the deputy Majority Leader in Parliament is also the Minister of Procurement, “I do not expect that she will do that.”

“When President Mahama commissioned the project, I was there. He actually commissioned that one the same day he commissioned the one at the Adentan constituency. She was not even there. The MP who says today that we shouldn’t take credit, she couldn’t even have the courage to show up. We invited everyone …we invited the assembly, the MP because this is a national project. It is not just about NDC, it’s a national project,” Ablakwa added.

Commissioning of Kwabenya Community SHS

Former President John Mahama commissioned the Kwabenya Community SHS on November 12, 2016.

He promised to upgrade the Kwabenya to Berekuso but he could not retain the presidency to fulfill that promise.

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Speaking at the commissioning of the Kwabenya Community Day Senior High School on Friday [November 12] in Accra, Mahama said, his government has prioritized the construction of roads in various regional and district capitals to facilitate transportation across the country.

He said, “This is part of the upgrade of roads we are doing not only in Accra but all across the country. We are doing it in all the regional capitals, all the district capitals, we are improving the road network.”

He said Accra and Kumasi were both receiving at least 400 kilometers of road infrastructure improvement.

He noted that government has so far completed upgrade works on a total of about 100 kilometers of roads.

The told the residents that government had selected the Kwabenya to Berekuso road as one of the roads to be upgraded.

“We still have about 200 and over kilometers of roads to be done.  I wish to assure the people of this community that the Kwabenya – Berekuso road is one of the roads we are going to work on, and to also assure you that the Kwabenya – Mayera road is one of those that is going to be reconstructed,” he said.

‘Mahama in Greater Accra campaign tour’

President Mahama on Friday [November 11] started another tour of the Greater Accra region ahead of this year’s elections.

He earlier inaugurated one Community Day Senior High Schools at Frafraha and also inaugurate the Gold Coast Refinery.

The refinery is expected to create many direct and indirect jobs for the youth while the commissioning of the Community Day Schools adds up to efforts to ensure Accessible, Affordable and Quality education for Ghanaians.

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