Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has cautioned voters in the Ashanti Region against supporting the National Democratic Congress (NDC), arguing that the party has no sincere interest in advancing the region’s development.
He emphasized that casting votes for the NDC would ultimately be a wasted effort.
“We vote in elections for development,” Dr. Prempeh explained. “If you cast your vote for a political party that does not prioritize your progress, then you have wasted that vote.”
Nicknamed ‘Napo,’ the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Presidential Candidate stressed that the NPP is the only party genuinely committed to the Ashanti Region’s progress.
He urged voters to back the NPP, highlighting that the party has the region’s best interests at heart.
“The NDC is not committed to the proper development of the Ashanti Region,” Dr. Prempeh declared during a rally in Tweapeasi, within the Odotobiri Constituency, on Tuesday.
He further noted that, despite benefiting from substantial electoral support in the Ashanti Region during past elections, the NDC repeatedly overlooks the region’s needs when in power.
Napo expressed his shock and disappointment at the NDC’s discriminatory approach toward the people of the Ashanti Region.
“The number of votes that the NDC obtains from the Ashanti Region during elections is very huge, yet the NDC still consider Ashanti as a region that doesn’t support them.
“The progress of the country, notably the Ashanti Region, always comes to a standstill whenever the NDC occupies the seat of government and I think it’s deliberate”, he fumed.
He stated that he could provide numerous examples illustrating how the NDC intentionally implemented harmful policies aimed at punishing the people of the Ashanti Region during their time in power.
As a significant example, Napo pointed out that the NPP government under former President John Kufuor launched the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to enhance healthcare access for the populace.
“But immediately the NDC assumed the mantle of leadership, they fiendishly introduced capitation for NHIS only in the Ashanti Region just to create hardship for the innocent people”.
“This is deliberate because clearly you can see that the NDC and their leaders have something against the people of the Ashanti Region. We should, therefore, reject the NDC on December 7”, he advised.