A group named Concerned Citizens of Okwahu have fired the Akufo Addo administration for using and dumping the people of Kwahu in the Eastern Region.
“We thank the NPP government for disappointing us. We thank Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for disappointing us,’’ the group said in a press statement.
According to them even though Kwahus have voted mechanically over the years for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and went out of its way in 2020 to vote in the same zombie-style for the NPP, President Akufo-Addo has overlooked them in his nomination of Ministers.
“In the lead up to the elections, many including the President visited us in Kwahu with a promise of Kwahus featuring prominently in the second term of the Akufo Addo-Bawumia led government. This assurance encouraged Kwahus all across the country to register and vote massively for the NPP because we were confident that a Kwahu would be around the table when the development and policy decisions were being taken at the cabinet,” the angry group lamented
“…we were heartbroken to see that our President, a man we have loved and cherished and always welcomed in Kwahu, has once more, disappointed us. No Kwahu in an Akufo Addo Cabinet nor a substantive position? Once again, the Akufo Addo Led-NPP has taken Kwahus for granted and thrown the ‘No impact’ regional minister portfolio at us, as if that’s the only designation that befits us,” the press statement said.
It lamented that even though Kwahus have always voted blindly for the NPP, former Presidents John Mahama, Mills and Rawlings, appointed Kwahus to very notable portfolios in their Cabinets.
Even in the case of the NPP, they point out, former President Kufuor’s record in the appointment of Kwahus, is markedly better than that of Akufo-Addo for whom the Kwahus really outdid themselves to ensure his re-election.
“President Akufo Addo appointed Bryan Acheampong as minister of state which is still not a substantive position in the first four years. We complained about that, but the Akuffo Addo government did not pay heed.
“Our allegiance as a bloc since 1992 has safely rested with the NPP. Our businessmen and women have funded the NPP. We have voted en bloc for the elephant, and in the 2020 elections, all our constituencies performed above their expectation. Is it the case that we only contribute in all forms for the party and when there’s a victory we are set aside? Monkeys work, and the baboons chop?” they asked.
They add that, “Let it be known that appointing Kwahu as Regional Minister is not one that is welcomed in Kwahu. We can only be careful with politicians who always come to our town, pretending to love our people and offer us next to nothing after going all out to vote for them.”