There was tension and uneasiness at an event organized by the Member of Parliament for Offinso Constituency, Mr. Ben Abdallah Banda, when the Offisnsohene, Nana Wiafe Akenteng III, blatantly stated that the MP was self-centred and was only developing his hometown, Abofour, at the detriment of the entire Offinso township.
According to the visibly angry Offinsohene, he is unable to place a finger on any project that the MP, in his 12 years in the legislature has initiated, which inures to the benefit of the generality of the Offinso people.
BestNewsGH.com reports the chief as saying “I want the gentleman to understand some things, the truth is only one; because we don’t speak the truth in the country, even if things go amiss, we still pamper people, why!; it’s rather unfortunate. In a short time we will be going into the elections, as for me I don’t do politics, I’m the Offinsohene, but if you do the right thing, you will be commended, so if you are a leader, do things that would be commendable.’’
Scrutinizing a document submitted by the MP as programmes and projects he has initiated in the constituency, Nana Wiafe Akenteng III said “We have followed the NPP for a very long time; when they were forming the National Liberation Movement (NLM), my uncle and myself were part, before the formation of the United Party (UP) in the Busia era; we have been voting for the NPP all this while; twelve years in Parliament, let us be truthful and say it as it is; what is going on in Offinso South as compared to Offinso North; nothing is going on here, the whole township is dark, the capital of the Offinso Traditional Area, why!, so if they have forgotten, I’m reminding them.’’
During the event, the MP after donating some logistics to the Municipal Education Directorate and the Municipal Police Command and an ambulance to the Abofour Health centre, also handed over a grader and an excavator to the Municipal Assembly to help deal with the bad roads in the constituency.
He also cut sod for the construction of the Offinso New Town Market into a Multi Purpose storey complex.
But all these did not impress the revered Offinsohene who opined that 12 years were too long for the MP to attempt to compensate his people with such lousy and petty donations.
The MP who obviously was not happy with stance of the chief, explained that even though he has been in Parliament for the last 12 years, 8 of those years were spent in opposition and so there was no way he could bring any significant development to the constituency.
He said he was confident the people will vote for him to enable him have a fourth term in parliament.
Source: BestNewsGH.com
