Old Tafo MP Vincent Ekow Assafuah Admits NPP Disappointed the Ashanti Region: "I Feel Ashamed"

• Old Tafo MP, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has criticised the NPP for failing to develop the Ashanti Region
• He admitted the party did not fulfil its campaign promises, citing the Suame Iterchange as an example
• Assafuah pleaded with residents to forgive the NPP and promised changes if the party returns to power

The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has expressed disappointment in his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for failing to develop the Ashanti Region, its political stronghold.

Speaking to Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM, the young legislator, who is also the former Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, admitted that the NPP failed to honour its campaign promises to the Ashanti Region.

He cited the uncompleted Suame Interchange project as one of the many examples of things his party failed to do for the Ashanti Region.

Vincent Ekow Assafuah further noted that he felt ashamed after recently driving through the site of the abandoned project.

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"I recently drove through the Suame roundabout, and the whole place looks dirty. The NPP was in power for eight years, and we always claim that the Ashanti Region is our stronghold, yet we could not complete any significant project for Asanteman," he lamented.

He consequently pleaded with the people of the Ashanti Region to forgive the NPP for disappointing them.

"The people of Asanteman, please forgive us. At the time, some of us did not wield enough influence in the party, but I'm promising that, God willing, if the NPP returns to power, some of us will make sure the NPP develops the Ashanti Region," he pleaded.

According to the Old Tafo MP, the NPP did not lose the 2024 elections because they presented a Muslim candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as claimed by some people.

He explained instead that the majority of the people in the Ashanti Region, particularly the youth, did not vote for the party because they felt disillusioned.

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Reactions to Assafuah's comments on Suame Interchange

Some Ghanaians on social media who chanced on Ekow Assafuah's interview with Oyerepa FM shared their varied views on his comments about the uncompleted Suame Interchange project.

YEN.com.gh compiled a few of the reactions below:

@fiatziggy said:

"He got it all wrong by making references to bawumia, was it not the same bawumia who said he would choose Ghana card over 1000 interchanges."

@Honourable_12 also said:

"If you have a former vice president who will choose Ghana card over a thousand interchanges what do you expect."

@blaquegatsby commented:

"See God.. NPP big wigs admitting they failed abysmally. And yet they want to bring the same person who was in charge of the economy."

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Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh