Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has urged political leaders to stop disregarding or discrediting developmental projects initiated by previous administrations.
Speaking to a group of journalists on Sunday, November 17, Kufuor criticized the tendency of successive governments to claim sole credit for national progress while neglecting the contributions of their predecessors.
He condemned the practice of political opponents taking exclusive credit for development initiatives in a bid to score political points, warning that such actions only serve to hinder national progress.
“They claim we didn’t put up any university, but if you take the University of Development Studies, even though it was started for the late JJ Rawlings, go and ask who developed the place in terms of infrastructure. The hostels in Tamale were put up by my administration, the Navrongo and Wa campus were all developed by us.
“But it is all in the name of UDS. Because I took infrastructure there, should I say I was the one who started the school? That is not how we should go about it. But our opponents are making such claims. They all want to make people believe that everything was started and implemented by them.
“We have major developments in Legon, KNUST, UCC and others. I even took some businesses, including banks, to develop tertiary campuses, but that does not mean Kufuor started those schools. When we continue like that, it will not help the country.
“It only creates a situation where a new government will neglect the projects of its opponent because it wants to also prove that it did something. I think we should stop all these for the benefit of the country.
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