The former Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwabena Owusu-Aduomi, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot count on the Ashanti Region to “break the 8” in the 2024 General Elections if the roads in the region remain unfixed.
He explained that this situation was irrespective of whoever the party elected as its flagbearer.
According to the defeated Ashanti Regional Chairman-hopeful, the electorate in the region, particularly NPP sympathisers, were not impressed with the performance of the ruling government in addressing their developmental needs.
Speaking to a local radio station in Kumasi, the former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ejisu Constituency, said: “I toured all the 47 constituencies in the region ahead of the NPP Ashanti Delegates Conference, and the signals were clear; our people are disappointed. This means if elections were to be held today, we may not meet our expectations,” he said.
Mr. Owusu-Aduomi said if the NPP failed to improve on the road networks in the rural areas, which contribute significantly to our electoral votes, such as Manso Adubia and Kwabre, among others, “we may not even have the courage to campaign for their votes.”
The former Ejisu MP suggested that the re-elected Regional Chairman, Wontumi, and the Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, must develop a strategy to address the road networks in the region, which remained a critical need of the people.
He also suggested that the party and government needed to team up with the constituency executives to identify critical roads that needed immediate attention in the constituencies, since the government could not fix every road in the region, otherwise, “we (NPP) should forget about breaking the 8,” he warned.
Meanwhile, Kwabena Owusu-Aduomi has pledged his unflinching support for the re-elected Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, to win the 2024 elections.
“It was my wish to lead the party into Election 2024, but the delegates thought otherwise. All the elected members are capable of delivering the success of the party and need the support of the entire membership of the party. I’m committed to supporting them in any way I can,” he pledged.
