Akuffo-Addo gov’t is not afraid of the wrath of Ghanaians anymore – Amaliba

The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s Director of Conflict Resolution and former Director of Legal Affairs, Abraham Amaliba, has declared that the Akuffo-Addo-led NPP government is not fearful of the anger of Ghanaians.

He expressed shocked to learn during yesterday’s Thursday, May 9, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting that the government had paid a contractor US$11 million to finish the Pwalugu multipurpose dam project.

However, Mr. Amaliba described the area as “a grassland,” as he claimed that no work had been done there.

Three main components make up the dam and irrigation project, one of the government’s hallmark initiatives: power generating, irrigation, and flood management.

Speaking on TV3’s The Big Issue on Friday, Amaliba, the NDC communicator and private attorney emphasized that Ghanaians’ anger towards the Akufo-Addo administration is insufficient.

“Yesterday, listening to the public accounts committee, I cringed when I heard 11 million dollars was paid to a contractor for the completion of the Pwaulu Multipurpose Dam. Yet when you go to that place, it is grassland. And you wonder why criminals who have taken over the reins of government would do this to mother Ghana.

“Aren’t you angry? That you have a situation where money is paid to a contractor and you get to the site, there is nothing there, and you say I shouldn’t describe them as thieves,” Amaliba said.

“I am of the view that as a country, we have not lived up to expectations as a people. When a government gets to a point where it doesn’t fear the wrath of the people, this is what happens. Governments must always be afraid of the people…but you get to a point where the government does not fear the wrath of the people, you have these things happening.”

Amaliba added that, “You give 11 million dollars out as the final payment and yet there is not a single block laid at the place.”

In November 2019, President Akuffo-Addo cut the sod to start construction. On February 26, 2020, Parliament subsequently gave the project its approval. The Ghanaian government is funding the project, and it will take roughly fifty (50) months to finish.