22/09/2019
PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE KINTAMPO NORTH CONSTITUENCY YOUTH WING ON SOME PROJECTS PRESENTED BY THE MCE FOR KINTAMPO NORTH AS HIS ACHIVEVEMENTS AT THE BONO EAST EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE 9TH SEPTEMBER,2019 AT TECHIMAN. ADDRESSED BY: ABDUL-MUBARICK SEIDU, CONSTITUENCY YOUTH ORGANIZER.
16TH SEPTEMBER, 2019
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the press. I welcome you all to Kintampo North N.DC. Youth Wing press conference. On behalf of the Constituency Chairman, the Hon Member of Parliament for the constituency, the entire constituency executives, Youth Working Wing and the party as a whole, I would like to thank all of you for your diligent pursuit of truth in our governance and development process in Kintampo-North Municipality here.
Friends from the media, our gathering here this afternoon has been occasioned by some arrant falsehood and some achievements the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kintampo North deliberately presented as his achievements in his four minutes audio-visual (Power Point) presentation on Monday, 9th September 2019 at the Bono East edition of Town Hall Meeting requesting various MDCEs to present their achievements to the Hon. Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and the good people of Bono East. In his presentation, he sought to blindly take credits for some projects done by the erstwhile NDC GOVERNMENT and some individuals that he knew nothing about.
Truth, they say cannot be suppressed. Try submerging it in water and it will emerge more forcefully than before. Try burying it in the sand, and it will sprout like a seed. This is what the Hon. MCE has refused to see; the reason for which he is getting exposed and embarrassed almost every blessed day. Once again, we in the Kintampo North NDC and for that matter the Youth Wing will not sit aloof and watch him throw dust into the eyes of the good people of Kintampo.
We shall set the records straight by responding appropriately to every single project listed.
The MCE talked about donations of 6 packets of Roofing Sheets to black volta SHS. This cannot be classified as an achievement because, former MCEs even donated hundreds of packets of Roofing Sheets to several schools across the municipality but none of them ever claim they were achievements since is part of their routine responsibility. This is again a clear indication of “per trawling” for projects by the MCE.
The MCE also lied about a nice edifice of ultra modern library at the Methodist school. The library was the vision of former president Mahama to pick some selected JHS school to upgrade them into a community Day school, hence one Mr. Baffoe who works with the GETFUND and also comes from Kintampo Nwoase help spearheaded the cause for that wonderful edifice. And this project started somewhere in 2015, even before Nana Addo was sworn in as president. MCE knows nothing about this library block and has no locus to claim credit without acknowledging his predecessor or the previous administration.
Again, if not shopping of projects, how can handling over of projects becomes an achievement.
The claim by the Hon MCE that he completed the 60 Bed Capacity ward is a palpable lie. Funding source was (UDG) for the project (the ground floor and 1st floor) was readily available. The funding source for the 2nd floor was the District Development Fund (DDF) which the contractor, was tasked to complete with his own resources and to be reimbursed from DDF since government had owed the Assembly 3 quarters. The Hon MCE therefore had no input in its funding. An INDEPENDENT candidate could have completed the project had he or she won the elections in 2016. How come the MCE get to know the foundation was strong enough to accommodate an additional floor if they really constructed the 2nd floor?
If this is not typical “SHOPPING” for projects, how can the Hon MCE refer to the construction of a mere WALKWAY as an achievement though it was even part of the contract awarded to the contractor.
The Hon MCE claim that the Waterfalls face lifting project after the disaster was done by the Assembly under his leadership is factually inaccurate. The project was executed with funding from the consolidated fund after the Minority Caucus in Parliament led by Hon Ahmed Ibrahim (Deputy Minority Chief Whip) visited the site and submitted a formal report to Parliament. Our dear Hon MP, Hon. Kwasi Etu-Bonde also made a statement on the floor of parliament on 4th April, 2017 about the disaster incident with video evidence available, which prompted government to take the necessary actions. So if it is about giving an individual credits for the facelift project, that should have been giving to our HARD WORKING Hon MP and not you the MCE popularly known as MR ZERO.
Also the construction of Round Huts at the Kintampo Waterfalls as the Hon MCE achievement can’t be true. This project was part of the Waterfalls face-lifting after the disaster and thus, a national project being executed by the central government. Again, our dear Hon MP should be given some credits for this project and not MCE (MR ZERO).
Because of lack of projects done by the Hon MCE, he has resorted to segregating ancillary projects of the main Waterfalls face-lifting project, which the construction of the Canopy walk way at the Kintampo Waterfalls is an example. Again, the Hon MCE only engaged in “SHOPPING” for projects.
The MCE should bow down his head in shame telling the hole country this danger zone platform he call roundabouts. You used about thirty seven thousand Ghana cedis (GH37000) of tax payers money for this sketch and you are proud of it? Less than a year for the construction of this so call roundabout, see how dangerous it caused the user agencies. Value for money is what should be your priority.
In his presentation, he also made mention of constructing a dam at Yara, a near by community in Kintampo municipality. From our findings, such dam was constructed by one philanthropist Dr. David Tibalakala popularly known as Yara burga. (Macbeneth Foundation,Canada).
The Kintampo town park was not left out of his lies. According to the MCE he said his administration has finish the football park and it is in use. The dressing room of the park was awarded by the NDC John Mahama administration, and till date the MCE has not done anything for the dressing room to in use.
The road to Kunsu has been done according to the MCE.
Ladies and gentlemen, the air has finally blown and the a**s of the fowl has been revealed. It is now crystal clear and beyond reasonable doubt that the MCE continues to delude himself that he has delivered so well. It is clear from the above enumerated well explain points that this MCE has totally lost touch with suffering masses in Kintampo North here.
The reality however is that, the MCE, Mr. Michael Sarkodie Baffoe so far been a monumental failure’ having betrayed the trust of the Kintampo people, he has again resorted to lies in a desperate attempt to save his fast sinking image.
In the light of all these failures and incompetency of the MCE, he is still parading himself to be elected as parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the NPP, a party that is accounting for the unprecedented and untold hardship on Ghanaians.
This same MCE who has performed abysmally and outlived his usefulness as MCE with 97.5% Assembly Common Fund and Internal Generated Fund, is seeking to be candidate for NPP so he could be voted for in 2020 election to be MP for Kintampo North. One would ask that, how could someone who failed to deliver with 97.5% of the Assembly Common Fund, all the proceeds from Internal Generated Fund and all resources at his disposal be able to develop Kintampo with just 2.5% of the same Assembly Common Fund as MP? It therefore comes as no surprise when one of his own political party communicator research showed that the MCE would not win the parliamentary primaries. Indeed, it is true they say a plant that will grow well starts from germination.
Friends from the media, the MCE have and will always has a DNA of lies, double talk and hypocrisy. However, no pillar built on the pillar of lies can stand the test of truth. We shall continuously expose the grand deception and abysmal performance of this inept and dishonest MCE.
We are admonishing the Hon MCE to sit up since he still has close to 2years to stay in office, “ to learn to lay his own eggs, hatch them and call them his chickens”.
We demand the MCE to render an apology to the NDC government and the good people of Kintampo municipality for disgracing us during such an important event.
We also want the MCE to as matter of urgency render an unqualified apology to the philanthropist Dr.David Tibalakala aka Yara Burga of Mcbeneth Foundation, Canada.
Thank you.
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