General News of Monday, 29 July 2019

Source: peacefmonline.com

'Listening' Akufo-Addo gov't will 'fix' bad roads 'not with words & pictures' - Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta

The ruling Akufo-Addo government has promised to fix most of the bad roads in the country.

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, who made this known during the presentation of the 2019 Mid-Year Review said, "already monies have been allocated to take care of that".

According to him, even though "this cannot be achieved with four years," the construction of the roads will definitely commence adding, "we shall fix them not with words and pictures" but with action.

"Fellow Ghanaians, I wish to plead with you and assure you to bear with us for your obeying government, the Akufo-Addo government will fix your roads and we shall fix them not with words and pictures. We are serving the people better...The Akufo-Addo government is an obeying government; it means we listen and we act responsively…" he indicated.

The presentation of the mid-year budget review is in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921).