The political temperature measured within the
Adansi Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti Region indicates that the incumbent
NPP Member of Parliament for the area Kobina Tahir Hammond would retain his seat
although the ruling National Democratic Congress has placed premium on unseating
the no-nonsense Legislator.The NDC recently pitched camp in the
Constituency with its General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia leading the charge
in a concerted effort to claim the seat but when The New Crusading GUIDE visited
the area to randomly talk to voters it was clear that Lawyer K.T Hammond was not
a spent force yet and that he was going to carry the day on December
7.
It became evident that the propaganda spearheaded by Mr. Asiedu
Nketiah that Mr K. T Hammond could be prosecuted only when he was no more a
Member of Parliament fell flat as the voters were alive to the ongoing
prosecution of Abuga Pele who is a sitting NDC Member of Parliament. Mr. Pele is
standing trial over the role he played in the infamous GYEEDA
scandal.
“We do not know why the Ashanti Regional Executives of the NPP
are apprehensive. They should visit this constituency and judge for themselves
how popular Lawyer is. They should not for fall NDC propaganda,” stated a voter
at Tawiakrom, a community within the Constituency.
“This constituency is
not about to fall to the NDC” he reiterated.
It came as a surprise as
many people within Asirifkrom, Kwnatenso and Tawiakrom who hitherto were not
voting for the NPP Legislator, said they were going to vote him come December
7.
“Oh yes, it is true we do not vote for him but this time around, we
are going to change our voting pattern”, some of the residents told this
paper.
“Look, this man has singlehandedly nurtured and developed this
constituency for the past years. Indeed almost every single projects and
developments here were undertaken by him. From roads to bridges, to schools to
electricity, all by him”, another person at Asokwa said.
“His
developmental mentality transcends this Constituency. That is why he was
installed as the Adansi Nkosuohene (Development Chief) by the Omanhene of the
Adansi Traditional Area”, another person also told this paper.
On whether
the decision by Richard Oduro Anokye to contest as an Independent candidate
after the NPP disqualified him from contesting, most of the people said they did
not know him.
The NDC parliamentary candidate of Adansi Asokwa
constituency, Lawyer Evans Amankwa seem to have lost steam as there are many
allegations flying against him in the Constituency although he is said to have
denied them.
One of the allegations which he denies is that he once slept
with both a mother and her daughter which resulted to the later being
impregnated.
Again, there is an allegation that in 2004 when he contested
as a Parliamentary candidate for NDC and lost to the incumbent KT Hammond, his
supporters destroyed a toilet facility he built for his own hometown, Adansi
Anwhiaso.
Again in 2012, there were allegations he has collected money
from some 900 people in his constituency promising to purchase for them ECG
meters which never came and later affected his chances to win the Adansi Asokwa
seat.
When The New Crusading GUIDE contacted the Lawyer K.T Hammond, he
brushed off the speculation that he may lose his seat and merely stated that “if
wishes were horses, beggers would ride” |
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