Aziz Adam Kobilla a member of the Regional Communication Team of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region has said, when it comes to political party wise, NDC must carry the blame for the Upper East Region Underdevelopment. Speaking with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen on Apexnews Ghana’s Facebook Live flagship programme dubbed “SPEAK OUT UPPER EAST” on Monday, October 4, 2022, Mr. Aziz Kobilla said, the people of Upper East have given all the opportunities to the NDC. According to Mr. Aziz Kobilla, “It is obvious the people of Upper East trusted the NDC for the past years and they have given the NDC the opportunity. That is the evidence with the number of Members of parliaments we have representing us as the people of Upper East Region and you could observe that from 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 2016, and now. If you look at now that am talking to you, the NPP, the party that I belong has only one Parliamentary candidate and that tells you that we are still struggling to get support from the people of the Upper East Region, we are still struggling to convinced the people of Upper East Region to come to the NPP side”. he stated He went on to say that, “Now that the Upper East has given all the opportunities to the NDC, you would ask yourself with regards to the roads are they okay? NO. With regards to health are they okay? NO. With regards to Education are they okay? NO. So, what is actually the problem? The people we have been sending to Accra (parliament) close to the seat of government to fetch for us…. Let’s put NDC –NPP aside, when they go, what do they bring for us? Do they really tell the people that Upper East needs roads? Do they tell the people that Upper East youth need jobs? Do they tell them that our education needs to improve in our infrastructure? Do they tell them the health situation in the region is deploring? Do they tell them we need an airstrip? “Then, if you want to come a little into politics, you would realize that the NDC in the region has not done us any good. Because when you look at the entire region, we have 15 seats, and out of these 15 seats, NPP only has the Binduri seat. There are even seats in this region that no political party has ever won except the NDC. You can talk of the likes of Bongo, you can talk of the likes of Garu, no political party ever won any of these two but the NDC consistently wins”. “Look at one interesting that is happening before 2016, all the seat around the Bawku area was occupied by the NDC and we the youth was crying for the Bolga-Bawku road for many years. Those were the times Prof. Mills of blessed memory deceived by his own ministers carried along to come and cut sod with any proper funding. So, when he cut the sod, the road was not constructed, they were times even John Mahama himself made a promise that he would construct the road and that was even after the death of Prof. Mills. Then, he came and cut the sod and in fact, he even used a helicopter to come and cut the sod at Tilli close to Zebilla, we did not hear anything. I am just giving hard facts about how the NDC has not treated the people properly and they have taken us for granted. After cutting the sod, he left for several years, until he saw people were angry about what is happening in the Past years. Then around September 2016, he came around again to cut sod and that one too, there was no any proper funding” “We have been able to discover today that our politicians are forthcoming, we can’t throw the politicians away because they are the reason why we are underdeveloped because they had the opportunity but they slept on their job. Permit me to use that word because they had the opportunity, they were close to the government, they were close to President but they slept over it and the topic has to do with whose to blame, and of course, I will not shy away from it, not because am NPP but the fact of the matter is that is the NDC. It is the NDC that should carry the blame, not because am NPP that am saying it. But like i have said, if you sit down and have a self-reflection on how consistently the people of Upper East have been loyal with regards to the evidence on elections, the people listened to the NDC more than any other political party in this region. And if we are underdeveloped, of course, is the NDC”. Aziz Adam Kobilla told Apexnewsgh.com Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
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