Maleek Basintale, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has replied to critics of his agency’s EV bike programme.
The YEA CEO mocked the former NPP government for spending over GHC 500 million on digging a hole for the largely unfinished National Cathedral during their 8 years in power, but are now calling the EV bike programme bad policy.
According to Maleek Basintale, less than 10 per cent of the money spent on the hole dug for the National Cathedral has been used to acquire EV bikes for over 10,000 Youth.
In a post on X, accompanied by photos of the EV bike, Maleek Basintale stated, “You were in power for 8-years.
Your government spent over Ghc500million to dig a “hole”. Someone comes and uses less than 10% of that to acquire EV bikes for over 10,000 Youth in a well-regulated and structured delivery service.
You are there shouting bad policy. Continue..😂”.
The development follows Maleek Basintale, who announced the agency is set to launch a YEA EV Delivery Brigade.
According to the YEA CEO, the initiative is projected to create more than 10,000 permanent jobs for young Ghanaians.
Under the programme, a structured and uniformed delivery service will be rolled out across all 16 regions, with over 10,000 electric bikes to be issued to trained beneficiaries.
In a post on X, Maleek Basintale wrote, “First ever YEA EV delivery brigade🔥🇬🇭💪🏾
We promised, and we shall deliver.
Dear 5k men, 3k women😊
Over 10,000 permanent jobs to be created through a well-structured, regulated and uniformed delivery service system in all 16-regions”.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the YEA CEO comment stated, “Never seen a visionless talkative like you. Imagine what a competent person would have done with your position rather than to do propaganda and spew lies. Speak facts and stop the lies. Stop the blame game and do the work”.
A netizen added, “Are you not ashamed of yourself for spitting this nonsense? All you can offer those who sacrifice their lives for you is to push them into an Okada business? The party that dug the hole bought over 300 modern ambulances for Mother Ghana not this nonsense”.
One X user noted, “True! The NPP did horribly, no doubt. But again this is how they started. Not listening and not explaining anything.
Instead of this position, it would have done a lot of good if you explained how the policy would work, how it’s structured and how we all can measure impact”.
One more Ghanaian with a long post stated, “This is beyond ordinary political ignorance; it is a spectacular combination of mental delusion, intellectual dishonesty, partisan blindness, cognitive dissonance, irrational reasoning and economic illiteracy. 😂 You’ve taken two completely different expenditures, stripped them of context, and done kindergarten arithmetic to manufacture a political victory.
If ‘GH¢500 million versus less than 10%’ is the extent of your economic analysis, then you clearly have no business lecturing anyone about good policy. Cost alone does not determine whether a programme is effective. Where is the evidence of value for money? Where are the procurement details, financing arrangements, maintenance costs, repayment structure, monitoring framework and measurable outcomes?
The funniest part is your confidence. The ignorance is loud, the delusion is spectacular, and the political fanaticism is doing serious damage to your ability to reason. 😂 Stop confusing propaganda with economic analysis. You’re not making a brilliant point; you’re simply advertising your ignorance to everyone reading”.
“But some are raising legitimate concerns about sustainability, which include charging unit, spare parts availability, and technical expertise to fix when it gets spoiled.
I think you should consider those concerns”, a netizen noted.
One last X user added, “8 years in opposition, you were all over TV stations repeating the same: that they stole 500,000,000 GH¢ and when you come to power you will arrest them and use the money for development. You get the chance, no arrest, but rather use another money to buy motors because you can also get something out of it.
Ghana is the greatest nation in Africa; if you people learn to solve issues from the root, you could know that you should find a way for the youth to manufacture locally made motors and cars here.
We could even one day start selling them to other countries. I know you have no idea how smart some of these youth are. You talked a lot in opposition, but think the same as how the corrupt 70-year politicians do”.
See the post below:
You were in power for 8-years.
— Maleek Basintale (@malik_basintale) August 25, 2026
Your government spent over Ghc500million to dig a "hole". Someone comes and uses less than 10% of that to acquire EV bikes for over 10,000 Youth in a well regulated and structured delivery service.
You are there shouting bad policy. Continue..😂 pic.twitter.com/QAbkFUUal2
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