“You belong to a political party that got 33,000 votes” –  Kofi Tonto jabs Solomon Owusu

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Kofi Tonto, a political aide and deputy spokesperson to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has jabbed Solomon Owusu, Director of Communications for the United Party (UP).

The NPP man jabbed Solomon Owusu for defending the Mahama government’s sole sourcing of road projects under Big Push.

According to Kofi Tonto, Solomon Owusu had earlier criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for engaging in sole-sourcing, but has today defended the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Speaking during an interview with Accra-based TV3 on March 25, 2026, Kofi Tonto stated, “You Solo, you belong to a political party, which political party went to Ghanaians to seek power and got 33,000 votes? The point I am making is that when you went to Ghanaians, you went on the back of the argument that the Akufo-Addo government was not the best, the alternative National Democratic Congress government was also not the best and that you were the best to lead the country.

“…Then NDC wins and comes to power, and the very ills you criticised NPP for, NDC is doing the same and worse, and instead of condemning it, you are sitting here with your kaftan telling me that we shouldn’t talk”, he fumed.

Kofi Tonto added, “My point is, you cannot continue to do politics and campaign. The campaign is over. You cannot continue to defend the NDC and cite examples on their behalf. They promised a reset and said everything we did was bad, so I don’t need to reiterate the so-called bad things. So don’t cite all of those things as your basis to argue”.

Meanwhile, a deo compilation has surfaced of some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government preaching against sole sourcing.

The viral video compilation features the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa; the CEO of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi; and President John Dramani Mahama, calling out the Akufo-Addo New Patriotic Party government over sole sourcing.

In the viral video, Ablakwa, on Onua TV, stated that the NDC’s Resetting Ghana Agenda would ensure an amendment of the Public Procurement Act.

According to him,  sole sourcing would be a thing of the past under an NDC government.

“What we are saying in the Reset Ghana manifesto is that when we come to power, we will amend the Public Procurement Act. We will put a stop to the single sourcing because it has been abused,” Ablakwa stated in the video.

Sammy Gyamfi, on the other hand, accused the past Akufo-Addo Bawumia government of looting the state through sole sourcing.

“A new angle being used by the NPP to loot the state is what we call sole sourcing,” he said.

Also, President Mahama, addressing a gathering at the National Economic Dialogue in 2025, also highlighted that single-source procurement should not become standard practice.

“Single source procurement must be the rare exception rather than the norm. We must also subject government projects above a certain threshold to value-for-money audits,” Mahama stated.

The video has surfaced amid the Fourth Estate publication, which suggested President John Dramani Mahama and his government have been playing lip service in terms of promises to minimise sole-source procurement to encourage competitive bidding.

President John Mahama, on numerous occasions, has reiterated his government’s commitment to make single-source procurement a rare exception rather than the norm.

In the NDC People’s Manifesto, they also pledged to “make single-sourced procurement (sole-sourcing) an exception and not the rule.”

John Mahama, during his recent SONA, also repeated his vow and commitment, “Mr Speaker, we are bringing legislation to this House to tighten our procurement processes by banning sole-sourced contracts, except in exceptional circumstances,” the President told Parliament.

However, after one year in office, the report by The Fourth Estate has unearthed that the Road Ministry awarded 81 sole-sourced contracts worth over GHS73 billion in 7 months.

Watch the video below: