DRIP Was Entirely My Idea – Bawumia

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has rejected assertions by some NDC Members of Parliament that they contributed to the purchase of the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) equipment.

The government has delivered excavators and other earthmoving machines to improve roads in Ghana under the DRIP.

Some members of Parliament have sought to explain that the project was implemented with their portion of the District Assemblies Common Fund.

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

He explained that he proposed its implementation on a committee he chaired sometime back.

“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.”

“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.”