Blxcklord

[Krobea Kwabena Asante @KrobeaKwabenaA]

Setting The Record Straight On The Greater Accra Resilient And Integrated Development (GARID Project) And How Such Disbursements Are Done

In every public debate, facts should come before politics. Unfortunately, the discussion surrounding the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has been clouded by the mistaken belief that once the World Bank approves a financing package, the entire amount is immediately transferred to the beneficiary country. That is simply not how World Bank financing works.

Think of it this way, obtaining a mortgage approval does not mean the bank hands you all the money on same day of approval. The funds are released in stages as agreed conditions are https://t.co/5JMeLeDPsO Bank project financing follows the same principle.

The GARID Project was approved by the World Bank Board on 29 May 2019 with a financing envelope of USD 200 https://t.co/PDEDAjf9xZ 2023, an additional USD 150 million was approved, bringing the total project financing to USD 350 million.

However, approval is not the same as disbursement. Under World Bank procedures, funds are released progressively after implementation milestones have been achieved and verified.The Ministry of Finance can only draw down additional funds after the World Bank is satisfied that agreed performance indicators have been met.According to the World Bank's GARID Implementation Status Report of 26 June 2025, only USD 127.14 million had been disbursed out of the total USD 350 million facility.

The story does not end there. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, USD 65 million from the amount already disbursed was reallocated to support emergency COVID-19 interventions.This inevitably reduced the funds immediately available for drainage and flood-control works.

The practical implication is straightforward. By June 2025, only about USD 62.14 million about 17.7% of the total USD 350 million financing package had actually gone into the core GARID drainage and flood resilience interventions.

This is why claims that the previous government received and spent the entire USD 350 million on drainage projects are inaccurate.The World Bank simply does not operate that way.Funds are not transferred in one lump sum,they are released in tranches based on project performance and implementation progress.

It is also worth remembering that in 2022, the then opposition NDC accused the NPP government of mismanaging World Bank COVID-19 support. Yet the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Pierre Frank Laporte, publicly affirmed that the Bank was satisfied with how the Government of Ghana had utilised the USD 430 million COVID 19 support package.That endorsement demonstrated the Bank's strict oversight and accountability mechanisms.

Accra's flooding challenge did not begin yesterday, and it will not be solved by political slogans and weak accusations. It requires sustained investment, proper urban planning, strict enforcement against building on waterways, improved waste management and continuity in infrastructure development.

Our national conversation should therefore be guided by evidence rather than emotion.We are all entitled to our political opinions,but we are not entitled to our own facts.

[Blxcklord @nppundercover]

@Naa_Anyimah_PhD @Serwaa_Amihere When did flooding start in Ghana? was it not an identified problem in his 1st term, or when he was vice president?

[Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia @MBawumia]

This morning, my thoughts and prayers are with the thousands of our people affected by the floods. My deepest sympathies to those who have lost their loved ones, properties, and those who have been forced out of their homes.

I urge citizens to comply with all directives issued by the Government and to cooperate fully with institutions mandated to address the situation.

I also urge the emergency services and all relevant authorities to do everything possible to reach those in need and assist them.

We will get through this difficult time by caring for one another.

May God bless our homeland Ghana.

[Dr Sneaker Nyame @_sneakernyame]

Galamsey at Lake Bosomtwe, this is so sad to see.

[🔱Og🦉ThatStoic🖖🏾 @Lechiboroni]

@ghonetv Very interesting beardcuts 😒😭😂😂‼️ ey3 zU

[Blxcklord @nppundercover]

@asante_lab @thenanaaba and what happened to those before him?

[Blxcklord @nppundercover]

@dosoocourage @truthfuldude96 @edemagbana @iLatif_ People like you would send the current government into opposition

[Blxcklord @nppundercover]

@dkbghana I guess someone is making a comeback to comedy, with these statements.

[kojo @Kojo4Dmb]

“ If the old bill was truly ready for President Nana Addo to sign and they (NDC) sincerely believed in that bill, why was that same bill NOT placed before President Mahama to sign/assent” — Minority (Rev. @NtimFordjour)

#BringBackTheOldBill
#ThisBillGivesRoomForGayPromotion

[kojo @Kojo4Dmb]

HUMAN SEXUAL RIGHTS AND FAMILY VALUES BILL:

The 31 changes: Old Bill vs Amendments vs New Rendition.

#BringBackTheOldBill
#ThisBillGivesRoomForGayPromotion

[Gen. Buhari @Gen_Buhari_]

The newly built Local Government University by the NPP Government in Offinso-North (Akumadan).

NOTE: Aside the 3 new universities that were established by the NPP Government, they also built Over (10) Higher Institutions across the length and breath of Ghana under Nana Addo & Dr. Bawumia which is the highest number of Universities being constructed by a single Government since Independence.

— Local Government University, Akumadan-Offinso North

— University of Engineering And Agricultural School, Bunso.

—University of Envn’t & sustainable devnt,Somanya

—Phase II of the University of Health & Allied Science (the biggest health institution in Ghana)

— Yagabaga - Kubori Nursing Training College.

— Satellite campus of Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) at Juansa, Asante Akim North in the Ashanti Region.

—University of Envn’t & Sustainable development at Bunso(ONGOING)

—School of Railway & infrastructure Devnt

— University Of Ghana, Kumasi-Campus.

— Toyota Ghana, School of engineering science and training center

— KNUST, Obuasi Campus.

ETC….

Meanwhile, they said NPP did nothing in its 8 years oooo 🤭🤭🤭

[Dr.Paneɛ🧢 @sua_nyansaa_]

" Ghanaians should go back to their country and leave our shops alone"

[Nana B. @koboateng]

A minister went live on national television, visibly excited that he had finally found a “gotcha moment” against ordinary Ghanaians.

Why? Because a draft bill was published on the ministry’s official website, then quietly revised four different times through closed-door meetings without properly communicating any of those changes to the public.

After that, he confidently says:
“The old bill is dead. You people are online criticizing a dead bill. You don’t have the updated bill.” As if secrecy, poor communication, and public confusion are achievements.

You are pushing 15 digital bills that will affect millions of citizens, businesses, creators, and young people, yet the public engagement has been chaotic from the beginning. Instead of transparency, accountability, and respect, citizens are being mocked on live TV for reacting to the only version they were officially given access to.

Leadership is not a game of catching citizens off guard. If people are confused, the failure is in communication, not in the public asking questions. This is not it.

Ghana is failing us.

[Yawa @DontdoYawa]

Dr. Bawumia is so underrated…..Like seriously underrated……

This right here shows he is the GOAT

[Scanty SZN @EiiScanty]

this is the perfect description of our leaders have ruled Ghana since 1992 till date

[Hon Anthony Abayifaa Karbo @Anthony_Karbo]

Barka De Sallah🎉

[Frederick Opare-Ansah @FredOpareAnsah]

.@MBawumia

[Nana B. @koboateng]

Only one man dey, his name is Gyatawale

[Blxcklord @nppundercover]

@Gen_Buhari_ @koboateng

[Emmanuel Boateng Agyenim @_koose]

Sorry, you lost hope in the NDC so fast 😬
Maybe you least expected it.😭