Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has posited that the creation of new regions, especially the Western North Region, will not necessarily translate into votes for the Akufo-Addo government in 2020 elections.
Speaking on Okay FM’s "Ade Akye Abia" Morning Show, Otukunor insisted the Akufo-Addo government will be shooting itself in the foot to assume that by creating the Western North region, people in the area will automatically vote for the NPP in 2020 elections.
“They should delude themselves in thinking that by dividing the Western Region to have Western North, automatically the people over there will vote for them; they are deceiving themselves. Let’s check for the development that the NPP administration has given to the people of Western North within 2 years in office; there is nothing to show for in Western North. In fact, the road network that under the Mahama-led NDC was being carried out at No. 81 to Bodi, the NPP has asked that work should be halted on the project and the contractors have been idle for close to 3 years now”, he asserted.
“...for almost 3 years nothing is done and so do you think these people will vote the NPP government? There are a lot of road network in Western North left hanging. In fact, the problem is with the Bia road which contractors were working but unfortunately, the NPP administration came to stop them and it has left the road in a deplorable state,” he disclosed.
Background
In the run up to the 2016 general elections, then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to facilitate the creation of four regions from the Western, Northern, Brong Ahafo and Northern regions on the back of proposals from the chiefs and people in the area.
On assumption of office he established the Ministry of Regional Reorganisation and Development primarily to spearhead the creation of the new regions which according to the government was at the heart of the people in the areas.
Since June 2017, the government has through the Ministry championed all the constitutional processes required in the creation of the regions including the December 27, 2018 referendum which allowed the people to overwhelmingly endorse the creation of six new regions.
With at least 80 per cent vote, the people of voted for Ahafo, Bono East, Savannah, North East, Western North and Oti to be created out of Brong Ahafo, Northern Region, Western Region and Volta Region.
In line with Article 5(8) of the 1992 Constitution, President Akufo-Addo, in February 2019, held the first of a series of ceremonies at the Jubilee House in Accra to issue a constitutional instrument to give effect to the new regions.
But while some believe it was a good course and might enure to the benefit of the ruling party in next year's general elections, others maintain that the creation of new regions is not something the president should be celebrating given the urgent bread and butter issues, as well as basic challenges of development that confronts the people of Ghana.
Unprecedented Mahama Infrastructure
Advancing reasons why the people of Western North will vote for the NDC to regain power in 2020, Peter Otokunor said it will be so because of the unprecedented works undertaken by the Mahama administration in the area.
“Just check out the road network at Juaboso to Bodi...the road network at Bibiani to Bekwai and from Bekwai to Wiawso and Juaboso is first class ultra-modern road. Quality road can be seen from Wiawso to Juaboso road; Bodi town roads are asphalted and so the road network at Western North is unprecedented”, he stated.
The NDC Deputy Chief Scribe was also optimistic that the NDC will reclaim the three constituencies within the area that it lost to the NPP in the 2016 election, because of the caliber of leaders they have elected in the new region.
“If we check our manifesto, we also wanted to create a new region in that area and so the fact that the NPP has hurriedly created a new region for them does not mean that the people over there will vote for the NPP....as for that one, anybody can do it, even a class 1 pupil who is made a president can create new regions”, he asserted.
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WHEN JUDGEMENT FLEES TO BRUTISH BEASTS, MEN LOOSE THEIR REASON. SO WHEN SUCH MEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR REASONING POWER SPEAK, WE ONLY HAVE TO PITY THEM. WHEN MEN WHO CLAIM TO BE HIGHLY EDUCATED, AND SEEKING TO RULE OUR NATION REASON IN SUCH A MANNER, THEN ONLY THE MERCY OF GOD CAN AID US. OH! OTOKUNOR, THIS IS BELOW THE BELT.
The headline put me off so I went straight to the comments and realised that all 24 comments had nothing good for NDC by Otokunor's vituperations. They did the same thin over an over and lost the elections. When Solomon Nkansah was elected communication officer you ask him any question and his answer was like Akuffo Addo did or did not do this. It put a lot of people off from the NDC as it signified that they had no message except insults.
SMELLING MOUTHS ARE ALWAYS FULL OF INSULTS. NO WONDER.
PER THE WIRED LOGIC OF THIS NDC DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY, MAHAMA LACKED EVEN THE COMMONNNN SENSSE OF A CLASS ONE PUPIL THAT IS WHY HE COULD NOT CREATE ANY SINGLE REGION. THESE FUULLLLLS ARE ONLY GOOD AT INSULTS. SO THE INCOMPETENT ONE CAN NOT BE GIVEN THE HIGH OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AGAIN PERIOD.
look at the halitosis (***barred word*** mouth)boy saying, !D!0t, give us a break.
TALKING TRASH HAS BECOME A WAY TO REGARD NDC MEMBERS WHO DABBLE IN THIS ***barred word*** ATTITUDE AS HEARD IN THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN'S LEAKED TAPE. IF NOT HOW ON EARTH CAN THIS UGLLY MAN WITH EXCAVATOR LIKE TEETH SPEAK LIKE THIS. OPPOSITION WILL BE YOUR PLACE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE DECENT GHANAIANS WILL NEVER GIVE YOUR THEIR VOTES.
Awwww Ama Ghana - This is a sad day for Ghana politics. If you have the general secretary of the biggest opposition party in the country thinking and talking like this, then this party doesn't have a future.
They say Nana is a liar, he did not fulfill his promise now that Nana is on track to fulfill all his promise NDC turns back and say Class 1 pupil can do that. Eii NDC for you big liars
I DON,T UNDERSTAND WHY THE N D C ARE FULL OF INSULTS.so is this politics at all.I FEEL EMBARASSED ANYTIME I SEE UNIDENTIFIED CREATURE LIKE THIS INSULTING NANA ADDO.IF YOU DON,T KNOW WHY MONKEY WAS REJECTED BY THE ***barred word*** KINGDOM- JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE WAS CREATED:A WORD TO A WISE::::::::::::SALUTE
THIS LARGE MOUTH OTUKONO IS HE REALLY A NORMAL PERSON?