South Dayi Member of Parliament (MP) Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that Assin North has not witnessed the needed development because the deposed Member of Parliament James Gyakye Quayson was stopped by the court from holding himself as an MP which affected his move to develop the constituency.
Mr Dafeamekpor indicated that if the constituency has not witnessed the required development, the President and government should be held accountable, not the opposition party.
“Assin North voted for Nana Addo and an NPP MP in 2016 yet both couldn’t develop Assin North by 2020.
“NDC MP wins in 2021 and immediately the Court stops him from working. Meanwhile, Nana Addo remains President yet he blames the injuncted NDC MP for not developing Assin North. Excuse promax,” Mr Dafeamekpor tweeted in reaction to President Akufo-Addo campaign message to Assin Nortn residents ahead of the byelection on Tuesday, June 27.
Assin North voted 4 Nana Addo & an NPP MP in 2016 yet both couldn’t develop Assin North by 2020.
NDC MP wins in 2021 & immediately the Court stops him from working. Meanwhile Nana Addo remains Prez yet he blames the injuncted NDC MP for not developing Assin North. Excuse promax
— Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Esq. MP. (@etsedafeamekpor) June 26, 2023
Meanwhile, President Nana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told constituents in Assin North not to vote for a candidate who is standing trial in court during the by-election.
Addressing a gathering in the constituency on Sunday, June 25, he said for the constituency to witness the needed development, a candidate with legal issues should not be voted for.
“They say even if Gyakye Quayson is in jail they will vote for him, are we going to vote for someone who is going to prison?
“What benefits will the people derive from voting for such a person? We want someone when he is voted for can come to me and plan how to develop the constituency.”
But former President John Dramani Mahama told him that the facts of the cases involving Adamu Sakande, the late Bawku Member of Parliament who was sentenced to two years imprisonment after he was found guilty of false declaration of office, perjury, and deposed Assin North lawmaker James Gyakye Quayson who is also standing trial for the same charges, are not the same.
Mr Mahama also told a gathering in the constituency on Sunday that “Don’t deceive the people of Assin North to believe that the two situations are the same.
“Adamu Sakande went to prison because he lied and concealed his passport. Gyakye Quayson has not hidden his passport. Prior to voting for him in 2020 Canada had accepted that he was no longer a Canadian citizen, what crime has he done?”