{"id":106472,"date":"2025-12-12T07:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106472"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:38:47","slug":"stop-begging-abroad-while-blowing-millions-on-election-reruns-ntim-fordjour-slams-governments-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106472","title":{"rendered":"Stop begging abroad while blowing millions on election reruns \u2013 Ntim Fordjour slams government\u2019s priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has sharply criticised the government over what he calls contradictory and wasteful spending priorities, particularly regarding election reruns and the resourcing of national security agencies.<\/p>\n

In a post on Friday, December 12, he questioned how the government failed to allocate capital expenditure to the Ghana Immigration Service in the 2026 Budget, yet committed substantial funds to by-elections within the same period.<\/p>\n

Rev. Ntim Fordjour highlighted that the state spent \u201cGH\u00a238.6 million in a single day on the Akwatia by-election and GH\u00a21 million on a rerun of a few polling stations in Ablekuma,\u201d describing the expenditure as unjustifiable.<\/p>\n

He added that the administration was now \u201cbent on blowing more millions in a needless rerun in Kpandai where a legitimately elected MP is alive,\u201d arguing that such decisions undermine prudent public financial management.<\/p>\n

He further criticised the government for seeking logistical assistance from international partners while continuing to pour resources into electoral activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is shameful this same government goes begging for GH\u00a21.77 million worth of equipment from Germany,\u201d he wrote, questioning why the state should \u201cwaste millions on by-elections and reruns and go begging to retool your security sector\u201d.<\/p>\n

Rev. Ntim Fordjour maintained that the government\u2019s approach raises serious concerns about its priorities in governance and security.<\/p>\n

He urged the administration to rethink its spending choices, insisting that investment in national security institutions such as the Ghana Immigration Service must take precedence over what he termed \u201cavoidable and needless electoral expenditures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Minority\"The Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has heavily criticised the government for what he describes as contradictory and wasteful spending priorities, particularly in relation to election reruns and the resourcing of national security agencies.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3549,1926,1883,117,2524,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-government","category-national","category-news","category-ntim-fordjour","category-politics","category-popular"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}