The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development, Martin Agyei Mensah Korsah, has defended the government’s borrowing, asserting that the funds have been wisely allocated to support developmental projects across the country.
Speaking to Citi News during the inauguration of 188 lockable stores under the Secondary Cities Support Programme at Agormanya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Eastern Region, Mensah Korsah emphasized that borrowed funds have been used to enhance the lives of ordinary Ghanaians through significant nationwide projects.
He also urged the people of Krobo to show their appreciation for the government’s efforts by renewing the mandate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming December 7 election.
“The many projects that the government is undertaking out of borrowed funds, these plus others, here in Krobo-Odumasi is one of them. We have seen 188 lockable shops. There was a recent commissioning of a business centre by the vice president and about 8 roads are being built and all of this goes to part of what the government has taken out of these borrowed funds to come and do in its collaboration with the World Bank.
“So it is just to emphasise that this is one of the examples of projects undertaken with borrowed monies from our development partners, which needs to be put on record.
“The government seems to be prioritising the needs of people. Of the monumental things that have happened in record time, it is unseen and unprecedented and they keep the hope that they will get some more. I was told that the community is yearning for a tomato factory.
“If the government has their needs as a priority, then it is important they respond by showing appreciation to the government, which has proven to be a listening government attending to their needs. Government should be encouraged to do the wonderful things that it is doing by ensuring that their mandate is renewed”.
