READ MORE:NPP promises are election year "gimmick"

Referring specifically to the construction of the Kwame Nkurmah Interchange,Dr. Bawumia noted that the NPP with GHC20 billion was able to institute several social intervention programmes, undertake major transformational projects in all sectors and in all parts of the country as well also build eight interchanges in eight years.

Speaking at the St. John Bosco College of Education in Navrongo on Thursday, Dr. Bawumia wondered how a government which had had over GHC248 billion in resources could be in such a jubilant mood over one interchange they had put up also in eight years.

“Can you imagine, with GHC248 billion, they have collapsed the economy, they have created hardships, they have created high unemployment, our Northern schools cannot get feeding grants in the senior high schools and we have major challenges in this economy  and today they want us to be happy because they have built an Interchange at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

“With GHC248 billion, they have been able to build only one interchange in eight years. With only GHC20 billion, the NPP built eight interchanges in eight years so they cannot try and hoodwink us by saying they have constructed Kwame Nkrumah Interchange”, he said.

READ MORE:Campaign rallies halted in Ashanti Region

Dr Bawumia also said the cost of the new flyover costs almost ten times what was spent on the Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange.

The Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange was constructed for around US$9 million while the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange was constructed for 75million Euros (around 82 million dollars), he noted.

“The Kwame Nkrumah Interchange costs almost 10 times what the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange cost and we are definitely not impressed because it is not enough ”, he indicated.

--Bawumia being partisan--

But the Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu says Bawumia is only playing out a partisan motive by seeking to downplay the newly constructed Kwame Nkrumah Interchange.

READ MORE:Nduom lays out ‘non-negotiable policies’

“There is no dispute that it’s a major piece of infrastructure that would significantly address one of the frustrating bottlenecks in the transportation system of the capital city of Accra,” he said.