Voters in some traditional areas in the Volta
Region say they have no regrets voting against the ruling National Democratic
Congress (NDC) in the December 7, polls. In an interview with Today some
of the supporters of the NDC in Akatsi, Juapong, Kete Krach, Ho, Nkwanta,
Agbozume, Dzodze, Abor, Afefe, Dambala, Kpando, Torgor Dzemini, Buem, Sogakope,
Afloa and Keta said they deliberately voted against the NDC “because their lives
have not seen any improvement ever since they voted for the NDC under President
John Dramani Mahama.”
They lamented: “we cannot even boast of one factory
in the regional capital, Ho, let alone a stadium.”
“Look, even as we
speak to you (referring to this reporter) the road from Asikuma to Hohoe is one
of the most terrible roads in the country.”
“…but Kejetia Market in
Kumasi was constructed within three years and it is the largest traditional
market in West Africa; the road from Tamale to Wa is now a first-class road, new
Military Hospital in Kumasi, the Second International Airport in Tamale,
domestic airport in Wa among others.
“Nye Bro (to wit my brother) what
can we boast of as Voltarians within these four years under NDC. As for rural
electrification it has been a national cake well shared by all the past
governments so that was no news,” they opined.
According to them, it is
only in the Volta Region that no other political party has a parliamentary seat,
apart from NDC, saying despite the fact that the region is endowed with fertile
lands and good tourist attractions; none of these tourism potential has been
developed.
According to them, there are still communities in the region
which do not have potable water.
“It is sometimes irritating to hear from
the people that NDC is a Volta party, meanwhile no development comes to us from
the NDC government,” they said.
They added: “Our mothers and fathers have
made us inherit the NDC for no reason, still we cannot benefit, do you think it
is important to keep voting for the NDC? Politics is all about give-and-take but
my brother that has not been the case,” a political activist in Juapong who gave
his name as Raymond Akaho told Today.
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