Former NPP MP Accuses Party Members Of Buying State Houses That Cost $1m For $400K

Former NPP MP Accuses Party Members Of Buying State Houses That Cost $1m For $400K

  • Edward Michael Ennin, a former NPP MP for Obuasi East, has lamented deep-seated corruption under the Nana Akufo-Addo administration
  • He has alleged that some party members have been buying expensive state houses at below-market prices
  • The MP made the revelation during a radio talk show when Ashanti Regional spokesperson for the NPP called his bluff

A former NPP Member of Parliament for Obuasi East, Edward Michael Ennin, has called out his party for deep-seated corruption and looting of state resources under the Nana Akufo-Addo administration.

According to him, government buildings that would cost at least $1 million are being bought by party members for between $300,000 and $400,000 through underhand dealings.

“If they continue daring some of us like this, the party will end up in a ditch,” he said in Twi.
Former NPP MP Accuses Party Members Of Buying State Houses That Cost $1m For $400K
Former Obuasi East MP Edward Michael Ennin (R) says NPP members are buying expensive state houses at a song. Source: Facebook/@StateHousing
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He made the revelation after the Ashanti Regional spokesperson of the NPP called his bluff on an issue he had earlier raised on a radio talk show.

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He claimed further that he knew people who HAD bought some of the underpriced state houses and had receipts to show as proof.

Ennin also said he could pinpoint the ministry involved in the corrupt practice.

Ennin also said members of the governing party, from ordinary members to the leadership, have been involved in misappropriating state resources under the current administration.

"The NPP party has collapsed, just that people haven't realised it yet. If we continue like this, we will be destroyed," he said.

He said the NPP government is doing worse than what NDC's John Mahama did during his presidency between 2012 to 2016.

"The NPP party has collapsed, just that people haven't realized it yet. If we continue like this, we will be destroyed. The kind of things that are ongoing, if I look at when I joined the party, if the NPP was like this...if this was the state of the party I wouldn't have joined,' he said.

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh has reported in a separate story that NPP presidential candidate Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto said the governing party may not win the next election.

According to him, the morale of party supporters is low and their expectations for a better life under the Akufo-Addo administration have not been fulfilled.

He wants party delegates to elect him as flagbearer on November 4, 2024, to lead the party because he understands the grassroots problems.

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In a separate story, a member of Akufo-Addo's government OB Amoah has suggested that the party can stop Alan Kyerematen from going independent.

OB Amoah said Alan Kyerematen signed an undertaking while contesting for the presidential primaries, and that undertaking prevents him from seceding from the party.

His comments follow the surprise resignation of Kyerematen, a founding member of the NPP, over alleged unfair treatment by the party's leadership.

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Also, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah has said the governing NPP faces a catastrophic division unless something is done to avert it.

The popular televangelist told his church members that God had revealed the imminent division within the NPP to him.

He explained on Sunday, September 24, 2023, that he was directed by God to make the prophesy public.

Just 24 hours after the prophecy, a founding member of the NPP Alan Kyerematen resigned from the party and announced his intention to contest 2024 as an independent candidate.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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George Nyavor (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) George Nyavor writes for YEN.com.gh. He has been Head of the Politics and Current Affairs Desk since 2022. George has over 9 years of experience in managing media and communications (Myjoyonline and GhanaWeb). George is a member of the Catholic Association of Media Practitioners Ghana (CAMP-G). He obtained a BA in Communications Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2010. Reach out to him via george.nyavor@yen.com.gh.