The Upper East Regional Director of Communication for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Region does not have the moral right to criticize the ongoing Astroturf in the Binduri constituency and any other parts of the region, because they failed woefully without giving the region even a 4 by 4 Astroturf when they had the opportunity to produce a sports Minister Mahama Ayariga a resident of the Upper East Region. Mr. Ayinbisa was responding to the claim made by the NDC Regional Communication Officer Abdallah Salifu, who during an interview with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Monday described the ongoing construction of Astroturf by the Binduri Member of Parliament Abdulai Abanga as “4 by 4 Astroturf’ Meanwhile, responding further to the claim made by the RCO, Mr. Ayinbisa questioned the NDC record in Binduri as far as sports development is concerned since 1992. “He is saying that the Astroturf is 4 by 4, what is your record in that constituency in terms of sports development in that constituency? They have occupied that seat since 1992 and they have not built a 4 by 4 Astroturf facility in that constituency. Just within two and half years, Hon. Abanga has lobbied and they have brought the Astroturf facility to Binduri Constituency and he is complaining. If he likes, he should call it zero Astroturf, we all know they have not done anything for the people of Binduri they have not given them any sports facility”. “Let me put it on record, that what we are seeing is phase one of the project, phase two will come and it will contain many more recreational areas within the constituency and I want to assure NDC, by the time we are done with what we want to do Abdallah himself will run to Binduri to exercise to become more fits than he is currently. He will definitely stop going to magani and go to Binduri”. Ayinbisa stressed He said, the NDC promised to build a sports stadium in the region and they ended up doing nothing. “Mahama Ayariga was a Sports Minister and he did nothing and today, we are building an Astroturf in Binduri, We are building Astroturf in Pusiga, we are building Astroturf in Bolga and we are building a mini Sports Stadium in Navrongo. So, we are building four (4) Astroturf within this region”. “The NDC did not build any single Astroturf in the region since 1992. So, they don’t have the moral right to talk about that”. He stressed Meanwhile, pointing out some of Hon. Abanga’s contributions to his people of Binduri within just a two years interval in office, the NPP Regional Communication Director Mr. Ayinbisa said: Medical equipment comprises of beds, mattresses, wheelchairs, and some other medical equipment that I might not be able to mention on this platform. No MP for Binduri has ever presented medical equipment to the hospital and I deer them to produce any records of any of their MPs, Ministers, or Deputy Ministers having procured any medical equipment and supply to the Binduri Constituency and that is what Hon. Abanga the lone ranger of this region, the single MP for this region is doing for the people of Binduri. “The MP has supplied over 700 dual desks to schools in Binduri. Look, am here in Bongo and am looking at what my MP has done and I can tell you and bet you my last pesewas that Edward Bawa has not supplied up to 700 pieces of furniture to schools in Bongo, he has not even supplied up to 300 furniture to schools in the district. I have not seen, I have not heard that he has supplied furniture to schools in our district up to 700 and that is what the MP for Binduri has done”. he stated The NPP Regional Communication Director maintained that Hon. Abanga thinks about the Children, “he thinks about the future of children and that is what he has done in the constituency. So, if you sit in your corner you think the MP has done nothing. I am telling you on authority that the MP has drilled over 35 boreholes, he drilled a good number before buying the wreck but after buying the wreck, he has drilled over 35 boreholes”. “The claim by Abdallah that, the wreck is his personal one, what is wrong about that? Don’t we use our personal benevolence to help communities? This is an MP whose colleagues used their Common Funds or used the loans they were supposed to use to buy V-8 vehicles to have comfort by driving around the country, coming to the constituency to show off, sitting comfortably and going around the constituency. This is an MP who decided to discount his comfort by using the loan he was supposed to use to buy a V-8, he added money from his personal resources to buy a wreck to drill boreholes to the benefit of the people. What is wrong with that? He asked Meanwhile, Ayinbisa also maintained that, It is only the NDC who doesn’t do that, “they are always waiting to use government-made resources, they are always waiting for the normal allocated resources before they can do something for the constituency”. Mr. Ayinbisa told Apexnewsgh.com He shared some phone footage of medical equipment supplied by Hon. 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