The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Youth Organizer for the Obuasi West, Bright Nyampong, has called on the government to strip the people of Assin North of any form of planned development as a penalty for voting against the ruling party's candidate in the just-ended by-election.
Expressing his disappointment, Nyampong stated that the people of Assin North have shown a lack of gratitude for the development projects initiated by the government in their constituency.
Speaking on Wontumi TV, he emphasized that their decision to vote against the NPP candidate, Charles Opoku, sends a message that they do not appreciate the progress and achievements brought about by the government.
"They should take all the machines from Assin North … Kwabre people need them because they will vote for NPP candidate, Suame also needs them because they will vote for NPP candidate. We have seen that Assin North people don't like development. This is ungratefulness, and I think the government should pay them well for that," he said on June 27.
He proposed that the President should redirect all construction materials intended for Assin North to the Ashanti region and prioritize the development of that area, as the people there have consistently shown unwavering support for the NPP.
"It is about time that we should be fair because the Ashanti Region has always been grateful to the NPP party. I plead with Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Bawumia's government that if they are ready to break the 8, and it is not about a mere slogan then they should focus on the Ashanti region."
For him, the decision to side with Mr Gyakye Quayson shows that they do not appreciate all of the efforts the NPP put into factoring the constituency into its development agenda.
Background
James Gyakye Quayson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be making a return to Parliament after his constituents kept faith with him and helped him win the keenly contested Assin North constituency by-election on Tuesday.
Officials of the Electoral Commission declared Quayson the victor, raising his hand to signal the status as NDC officials broke into their ‘Revo, Revo, has come to stay’ chorus.
Mr Quayson, ejected from Parliament last month following a Supreme Court decision annulling the 2020 constituency election, won the closely contested by-election with 17,245 votes representing 57.56% of valid votes.
His main rival, Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party polled 12,630 or 42.15% of valid votes to place second, while the Liberal Party of Ghana’s Bernice Enam Sefanu polled only 87 votes or 0.29%.
With a turnout of 74.23%, officials of the Electoral Commission (EC), in interviews shortly ahead of the declaration of results, indicated that the turnout was very high.
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