Politics of Sunday, 14 October 2018Source: otecfmghana.com$1 million per each constituency: Hawa Koomson chides John MahamaMinister of Special Initiatives, Mavis Hawa KoomsonMinister of Special Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has chided former President John Dramani Mahama over the allocation of every constituency with one million dollars comment. Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed shock over what he describes as claims by the Akufo-Addo government that the promised one million dollars per constituency allocation for 2017 expired with the 2017 budget. He asked: “Have you ever seen one million dollars expiring?” I am aware that rice has expiry date, oil has expiry date and other commodities, but one million dollars has no expiry date” former President Mahama stated. However, speaking to otecfmghana.com on Thursday, October 11, 2018, Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson stated that she wonder how the former President could make a such comment. She explained that the allocation of every constituency with one million dollars was not utilized in 2017 because there was no law backing it.

Source: GhanaWeb October 14, 2018 17:26 UTC