The Member of Parliament for Suhum in the Eastern Region, Oboafo Kwadwo Asante, has been caught in an audio telling some New Patriotic Party (NPP) members that the Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr. Evans Opoku Bobie, had described the people of Suhum as not right thinking.
On the audio in possession of lots of residents of Suhum and the media, Oboafo Asante said: ‘’When I told him that i was rehabilitating the park from own pocket, the Deputy Minister said you should have done for these….’’
The revelation by the MP has sparked huge uproar among the people of Suhum as they feel offended by what the Deputy Sports Minister allegedly said about them.
It has not been ascertained whether or not the Deputy Minister uttered the words that the MP told the delegates he uttered.
Per the audio, the MP could not reprimand the Deputy Sports Minister for denigrating the people Suhum and that is what is creating anger among the delegates.
Oboafo Asante was heard on the tape telling the delegates that the Deputy Minister was shocked that he had been able to rehabilitate the park although he was a first time MP.
‘’I wanted the minister to come and perform the commissioning but he told me he was busy so his deputy should come and do it…’’ the Suhum MP said on the tape.
‘’I met him at Parliament and said Kwabena, minister says we should go to Suhum to… and he joined me,’’ he said.
He said: ‘’The Deputy Minister asked whether the project was financed by the Sports Ministry or from his pocket after asking whether it was natural grass pitch or Astro Turf…’’
‘’When I told him that it was self-financed, he said why do you have do this for these … people as he was surprised.’’ Oboafo Asante said.
The NPP delegates at Suhum are saying that their MP did not exhibit leadership for failing to reprimand the Deputy Minister if indeed he uttered those words.
What is making it angrier is the fact that he had the impudence to repeat the insults to them when he was meeting to solicit their votes in the upcoming primaries to elect a Parliamentary candidate for the 2024 elections.
According to the delegates, Oboafo Asante cannot be trusted to defend the good people of Suhum, going forward.
Oboafo Asante is seeking the mandate of the delegates to contest again in 2024.
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