DRIP was entirely my idea – Bawumia

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has asked Ghanaians to reject the assertion by some National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament that they contributed to the purchase of the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) equipment.

This follows the delivery of excavators and other earthmoving machines to various districts in the country to help improve conditions of roads under the DRIP.

Addressing a durbar at the Awubia Festival of the people of Awutu Bereku in Awutu Senya West, Dr. Bawumia strongly stated that Parliament had no role in the implementation of the programme.

According to him, “This was the committee that I chaired. We came up with that idea and I made sure that we bought all of this equipment and we have taken it to every district in Ghana. So nobody should come and lie about it.”

He added that “On that committee which I chaired, the critical roads committee, I came up with the idea that we should buy equipment to help every district construct roads in Ghana. So we were to buy all districts excavators, rollers, graders, backhoes, tipper trucks and so on. This was an idea from my committee. It has nothing to do with Parliament.”

“It has nothing to do with Parliament. We came up with the idea, we funded that. It didn’t go to Parliament for any approval so nobody should come and claim that they were responsible for all the equipment that we have sent to every district in this country,” he concluded.

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme