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Gafaro Seidu |
A member of the Communication team of the opposition New Patriotic
Party (NPP) in the Cape Coast Constituency, Gafaro Seidu has alleged
that the contentious Cape Coast Kotokuraba Market would be built by
Chinese 'galamsey' operators.
According to him, the Chinese were
among 'galamsey' operators who were arrested for engaging in illegal
mining activities in the country.
He claimed the Chinese
government lobbied the Ghana Government to build the Kotokuraba Market
in order to pardon the operators who were engaged in illegal activities.
Mr
Seidu challenged President Mahama to come out with the true identity of
the company and the Chinese who were introduced to the people of Cape
Coast during the Fetu Afahye celebration last Saturday.
He
disclosed this at a press conference on Friday to register their
displeasure at the diabolic tactics adopted by the ruling National
Democratic Congress (NDC) government to deceive the people of Cape
Coast.
Addressing the press, Mr. Seidu observed that Cape Coasters
would not vote for the corrupt NDC government and its Members of
Parliament (MP) such as Ebow Barton Odro, MP for Cape Coast to continue
the deceit.
According to him, the NDC administration had failed to
fulfill its promises, as the late President John Evans Atta Mills
pledged to build the Kotokuraba Market and Cape Coast Stadium during the
2011 Action Year.
He therefore charged President Mahama to produce documents and cost involved in the construction of the two projects.
'The
constitution did not say President Mahama should travel for 'Thank You'
tour but to administer the nation. This tour should have been done by
his Vice President and not him.'
'He should have been accompanied
by a member from the opposition, wife of the late president and some
family members on the tour to other nations but what are we seeing? This
is a total waste of our resources,' he stated.
He called on
leaders of the Christian Council to encourage the Electoral Commission
(EC) not to create the additional 45 constituencies since the move would
create mayhem.
On his part, the spokesperson for concerned party
activists, a pressure group of the NPP in Cape Coast, Papa Damtse Amoah
said they had given the MP of the area a two-week ultimatum to abandon
the Cape Coast parliamentary election due to his alleged involvement in
the Woyomegate scandal.
He noted that lawyer Oduro is the worse MP
the area has ever had since 1992, adding that he had brought shame and
poverty to the area.
He added that the former MP for the area,
Christine Churcher championed the development of the area and supported
small-scale businesses through government interventions.
Once you mention the MP's name, people reply back with judgment debt, he claimed.
From: Desmond K. Dapaah, Cape Coast
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