Some angry youth of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, in Atewa West Constituency of the Eastern Region are demanding apology from the National Women’s Organizer Kate Gyamfua to the Minister of Roads and Highways and the people in the Constituency.
The youth group calling itself Concerned Youth of Atiwa West says, failure to do so would force them to ensure that Kate Gyamfua is stopped from her destructive mining activities in the area.
Last week, the National Women’s Organizer of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, Kate Gyamfua berated the Minister of Roads and Highways of Kwasi Amoako Atta who is also Member of Parliament for Atewa West for constructing and tarring roads in his Constituency leaving other deplorable roads in other parts of the country.
“Tell Amoako Atta that he was not made Roads and Highways Minister because of roads in his Constituency . Look at the number of world class roads Amoako Atta is constructing is his hometown -Kwabeng and other communities . What have we done wrong in Akwatia and it’s environs to deserve these bad roads. If you are made road Minister, you must also look at other places to construct the roads,” She said on Akyem Oda based Ahenkan FM.
She added,” I decided to use the Kwabeng road to Akwatia on my return from Kumasi. I was amazed by the road constructed from Anyinam junction to Kwabeng.They were even doing another asphalt overlay on it. I picked mobile phone to tell Amoako Atta that God will punish him if he doesn’t construct our roads in Denkyembuor.”
Speaking to the media during a press conference held at Akyem Kwabeng on Tuesday ,the youth expressed their displeasure over the statement.
“The Concerned Youth of Atiwa West takes exception to that and see this as an insult to the good people of Atiwa and our honorable MP. One can under no circumstance phantom the reason she made that scandalous and shallow statement.
We would have taken it with a pinch of salt if it had come from a political opponent of the MP or any other person other than Madam Kate Gyamfua but with her status as the ruling party’s women’s organizer and a big beneficiary of the roads under construction in the constituency, we won’t allow this to just go by”
They alleged that Kate Gyamfua has always hated Amoako Atta for criticising her for illegal mining activities.
“We see her statement as one to court public disaffection towards our MP but No amount of vilification and propaganda against him will succeed and we urge the public to disregard the statement by Madam Kate Gyamfua and her subsequent public denial with the utmost contempt it deserves.
We on this note calling on her to retract and apologize within 24 hours or be ready to park out of our land which she is earnestly destroying.”
The group stated that claim by the Women’s Organizer is inaccurate stating that, under leadership of Amoako Atta, road projects are ongoing in every part of the country.
The Youth added, Kate Gyamfua “is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the road projects ongoing in Atewa West constituency since her mining heavy duty cars uses the roads daily.
“Madam Kate Gyamfua has over the past ten years been mining in the Atiwa enclave and as at today holds the biggest mining concession in the constituency, and with this can she happily point to any project a community within the constituency has benefitted from her mining company”.
The youth say, Kate Gyamfua has subleased her mining concessions to Akwatia indigenes mostly NDC sympathizers neglecting licensed miners from Atiwa West.
“The only benefit that Atiwa West Constituency has received from her mining services were the shooting of a 15 year old JHS 3 pupil by the company’s security officer and the mysterious death of a young man at your site. It will interest you to know that, in 2020 when the deadly corona virus pumped it’s ugly head out, in its quest to help curb the spread of the disease in the district, the district health administration in conjunction with the district health committee requested for assistance from her mining company, don’t be surprised that after a year no response has been heard from them”.
“We on this note calling on her to retract and apologize within 24 hours or be ready to park out of our land which she is earnestly destroying”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
