Some members and supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Akim Swedru Constituency of the Eastern Region have threatened to vote against the party should delegates retain the current NPP MP, Kennedy Osei Nyarko as the party’s parliamentary candidate for election 2024.
According to the supporters, the performance of the MP for almost 12 years is nothing to write home about, and a recipe for disaster if he’s elected to represent the elephant family again.
They chastised him for lack of developmental projects in the area, accusing him of exhibiting insensitivity to the needs of the constituents throughout his tenure.
They mentioned among other things deplorable road network, poor market infrastructure, absence of a public place of convenience and sanitation facilities which have affected the Akim Swedru Township in many ways.
The supporters have thus called on delegates of the NPP to elect Mr Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem, the Controller and Accountant General to rescue the constituency else they will vote ‘skirt and blouse’ at the main polls if the current MP is retained.
According to them, Mr Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem has supported the constituency in the areas of education, health, employment among others.
In the area of education, the party faithful said Mr Bosompem has assisted the Swedru SHS by constructing a 12- unit classroom block for the school.
Having recognized the deplorable road network in the constituency, the Controller has started constructing the road linking Aporah Ningo to other communities.
“Our problem is that, we want jobs in the constituency. Secondly, the river Tsitsifo overflows its boundaries to the town, we have complained several times to the MP, he said it is not his job. Also the road from Oda to this place is in good condition, but from Adeambra and Edusei are in a deplorable state. If the Controller can do all these for us, we are waiting for him, we will vote for him.”
“We want change, four years now we have not seen anything good done by the MP. The roads are half done, the market too the same, no water, no light at the markets. The most worrying situation there is that there are no toilet facilities at the markets.”
“We don’t want the MP again, he has been on the seat for the past 12 years yet he has done nothing for the constituency. The police station here is someone’s rented house, no market, no lorry station, all he does is to push money to the delegates to vote for him. He doesn’t think about the people in the constituency. The plight of the people in the constituency doesn’t matter to him “another constituent said.
Another resident said, “The former MPs did a lot for the constituency when it was very large, now that it has been divided and the whole of Eastern Region he has the smallest constituency, he still can’t do anything. He is tired, he should go. We are pleading with the delegates to vote for Controller as PC for the constituency. They should vote wisely in the coming election or else we will also vote only presidential in the general election.”
Some market women at Akim Swedru also accused the MP of neglecting their needs, leaving the market in a bad state.
“The market is in a very deplorable state. When it rains the water enters the stores, we have complained a lot to the MP but he has not done anything about it. He even promised us 100 bags of cement but he never brought them. He refuses to listen to our plight”, a trader lamented.
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