The 2020 vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his comment on the development of Ekumfi.
President Akufo-Addo had indicated that he did not pay attention to the development needs of Ekumfi in the central region because the people there voted Francis Ato Cudjoe out of parliament in the 2020 elections.
Speaking with traditional leaders from Ekumfi at the Jubilee House, Mr Akufo-Addo demonstrated his disappointment over the defeat of Ato Cudjoe.
Despite making “him [Ato Cudjoe] a deputy minister,” the constituents still voted him out, the president said.
“Ato Cudjoe was your MP and I made him a Deputy Minister and you voted him out in the last elections and because of that, I did not pay attention to development in your area, I have to be honest with you but since you have brought it up I will pay attention to it.”
He however assured that he would do his best to develop the area.
But responding to him, in a statement posted on her Facebook page, Prof Opoku-Agyemang said “our president has been consistent in blaming his failures and woes on those who he claims do not vote for him.
“No one has forgotten his response to Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya Fiti V, the Paramount Chief from Aflao, about the need to complete one of our e-blocks to pre-empt unnecessary stress.”
Below is her full statement…
Mr. President, please do something, say something different before you go. But come to think of it, our president has been consistent in blaming his failures and woes on those who he claims do not vote for him.
No one has forgotten his response to Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya Fiti V, the Paramount Chief from Aflao, about the need to complete one of our e-blocks to pre-empt unnecessary stress.
Many remember a similar reaction in a response to the displaced and traumatized people of the flooded areas in the Volta Region. He simply repeated same to the usurpers from Ekumfi as described by the family of our late President, who were granted audience on a matter that is clearly none of their business.
The paradox is very tangible; the people of Ashanti Region constantly complaining of neglect. Does his party not gain majority of their votes from the region? Maybe they don’t vote and in the consistency expressed, are deserving of his neglect.
This reaction makes one wonder where the “massive votes” actually come from. Many of us await the response of our president to his ‘stronghold’. Maybe he will repeat his response to Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya Fiti V. Or to the good people of Kwabre, again. But, let’s wait.
Maybe we will hear a response different from the one he directed to the people of Kwabre that it’s none of his business if they vote for the NDC. I believe the good people from Kwabre have heard the president whose party they swear to have consistently voted for, loud and clear.
Indeed he went on to explain to the good people of Kwabre that he is not expected to hold their thumbs down the ballot papers. The NDC welcomes the votes of all people in the country, regardless.
We are happy to collaborate with everyone who desires to restore our country onto itself by joining all our efforts in building the Ghana we all want, led by our experienced, respectful and humble, flag bearer, HE John Dramani Mahama, whose record speaks for itself.