But reacting to the Finance Minister’s comments, some Ghanaians who spoke to www.ghanaweb.com described the claims as false, noting that it wouldn’t be far from right to state that government officials are the only beneficiaries of these monies. Maybe he’s sitting in an AC office so he thinks everything is fine,” one of the interviewees said. Minority spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson also waded into the controversy, ridiculing government's claim that it has put GH¢12.2 billion in the pockets of Ghanaians. Speaking to Joy FM’s Evans Mensah on Wednesday, Mr Forson described the argument as one-sided because government has taken more from Ghanaians than it has given them. Some Ghanaians, however, sided with the Finance Minister’s 12 billion cedis claim.

Source: GhanaWeb November 15, 2019 16:41 UTC