Paul Twum Barimah, the representative for Dormaa East, has refuted assertions made by the minority in parliament that the House’s Tuesday vote to approve credit deals was not unanimous.
It is incorrect, according to John Jinapor, the member of parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu, that all members of parliament approved the loans totaling roughly 750 million dollars.
He claimed that while the Minority Caucus fiercely opposed the loan agreements, the numbers did not support them, therefore it would be unfair to place the responsibility on them.
However, the Dormaa East MP claimed that such claims are unfounded in an interview with Citi News.
“So far as we know we all support the loans. It was by voice vote, did you see anyone on his feet to question the loans? Nobody did that, not even their leadership nor any member and if you read the report it was a unanimous report.”
The West Africa Food System Resilience Programme phase 2 financing was approved by the parliament on Tuesday in the sum of $150 million using a multi-phase programmatic approach.
A loan arrangement between the government and the Development Bank Ghana for a sum of £170 million euros was also approved by the parliament to facilitate the creation of a financially sound development bank.
The House also approved a loan arrangement for $200 million between the Ghanaian government and the World Bank to fund the Ghana Digital Acceleration Project.
