Hajj Village no cost to taxpayer? “Tell it to the marines” – Demelevo fires Kwakye Ofosu

The former Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has dismissed the Minister for Government Communication’s claim that the proposed Hajj Village Project Does Not Involve a Single Pesewa of Taxpayer Money.

According to the Member of President Mahama’s ORAL committee, though the said project is funded by the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), it cannot be said that it is of no cost to the taxpayer.

Mr. Demelevo argues that Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) is a state-owned company with the Government of Ghana as the majority shareholder.

He is amazed why the Hajj Village project should be a priority for the government at a time that it finding ways of recovering the US$ 58 million paid by the former President Akufo-Addo-led NPP government.

It is truly astonishing—especially as we grapple with recovering over $58 million squandered on the national cathedral project— that one of the key priorities of the Mahama administration is the fruitless and wasteful Hajj village project.

For him, the Hajj Village project is a “fruitless and wasteful” exercise, citing the case of Ethiopia with a Muslim population is equal to or bigger than the entire population of Ghana but had to invest in a 5star Skylight hotel with over 1000 rooms for passengers rather than a project like Hajj Village.

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Honorable Felix Kwakye Ofosu, please tell it to the marines. The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) is a state-owned enterprise, which means it has no shareholders or the Government owns majority of the shares.

The GACL is owned and controlled by the government of Ghana. It is truly astonishing—especially as we grapple with recovering over $58 million squandered on the national cathedral project— that one of the key priorities of the Mahama administration is the fruitless and wasteful Hajj village project.

Ethiopia has a Muslim population equal to or bigger than the entire population of Ghana. Again Ethiopia is several times (about 5 times) the size of Ghana.

Instead of a Hajj village, they built a 5star Skylight hotel with over 1000 rooms for passengers and they are continuously expanding terminal 2. In fact the celebrated terminal 3 at the Kotoka International Airport does not compare favorably with the terminal 2 of Bole international airport in Addis Ababa. We should stop celebrating mediocrity