Contractors working on road projects in the Kumawu constituency will remain on site till all the projects are completed, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured.
He gave the assurance during a meeting with the Omanhene of the Kumawu Traditional Area, Barima Safo Tweneboa Kodua at Jubilee House yesterday.
The chief had accompanied the Member of Parliament-elect of Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim and some party executives from National, Regional and Constituency to show appreciation to President Akufo-Addo for supporting the MP to win the seat.
The Chief, in his remarks, had mentioned “rumours” about contractors abandoning the projects after the election and that he would “have been surprised because I know the President cannot do that to me.”
ASSURANCE
President Akufo-Addo in his remarks assured the chief that “the people who have come to do the work will stay and finish the work before they move. There won’t be a question of election gimmicks. That will not be in my case, and it will not be correct. So, Nana you can be rest assured.”
President Akufo-Addo, in congratulating the Kumawu MP-elect, indicated that the by-election “has given a signal to the entire country about how elections should be done.”
COMMENDATION
President Akufo-Addo asked him to ensure that his stay in the August House will benefit the people of Kumawu who voted for him. He commended all the party followers whose contributions led to the victory in Kumawu.
The National Chairman, Stephen Ayensu Ntim, who led the delegation, said they had come to officially introduce the MP-elect to the President before his swearing in today in Parliament.
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, who is the leader of the Majority Group, told the President that they had oriented Mr. Ernest Yaw Anim ahead of his investiture today.
The General Secretary of the ruling NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, assured the President that the party will work to win the Assin North seat as well.
