$12m spent on Agyapa deal could save Ghana’s economy – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, has lamented that the colossal amount of $12 million spent on the Agyapa royalty deal could have saved Ghana’s economy if used judiciously.

He made this statement while addressing the media at the moment of truth press conference on the latest revelation about the $12 million expenditure on the botched “AGYAPA” deal at the National Democratic Congress party headquarters on Monday, February 19, 2024.

According to the National Communication Director of the NDC, the money could have done a lot more good to meet the developmental project in terms of health, education, aiding rural areas, and many more.

“This money could have sufficed to pay the cost of several months of treatment for all kidney patients in Ghana, nineteen (19) of whom died painfully, following the shameful closure of the Renal Dialysis Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching hospital for several months last year, over government’s GHS4 million indebtedness. This colossal amount of money, could have been used to provide childhood vaccines to protect innocent babies from dying of childhood killer diseases due to a shortage of essential vaccines”, he suggested.

Mr. Gyamfi emphasized that National Service Personnel have not paid for the past four months and the money could have catered for that, as well as been used to create jobs for NABCO beneficiaries after promised to be employed as permanent workers.

“Ladies and gentlemen, USD$12 million could have paid the allowances of National Service Personnel in Ghana who have not been paid for four months now. Also, this huge amount of money could have been used to create thousands of jobs for NABCO beneficiaries who have been sent home after they were promised permanent employment”, Sammy Gyamfi opined.

He alleged that the money had been distributed among members of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government without any accountability thus, the NDC party is dissatisfied with such an act.

“Sadly but very characteristic of the selfish and greedy Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, they have distributed all this money among themselves, under the guise of expenditure on the botched “Agyapa” deal. We are totally disgusted by this wanton dissipation of public funds on a needless and useless venture by a government that rode on the back of an anti-corruption campaign into power, with the promise to protect the public purse”, he lamented.