Communication officers of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region have announced an indefinite strike, demanding transparency regarding the auction of tipper trucks, front loaders, and graders owned by the Bono Regional Coordinating Council.
During a press conference in Sunyani, the communication officers expressed their frustration over the lack of information about the auction process for these pieces of equipment.
Abubakari Yakubu, spokesperson for the communicators in the region, emphasized that the equipment could have been utilized to improve the region’s roads.
Consequently, they have decided to suspend their media engagements until they receive a satisfactory explanation about who authorized the sale and the reasons behind it.
“Somewhere last week, before the region woke up, these important trucks have been auctioned out to God knows who and why.
It is therefore on the back of the development that we as communication officers in the Bono region, all of us, 12 of us, have decided to pursue this matter and demand answers from the Bono Regional Coordinating Council.
“Who authorised the auction of the trucks and why? We demand the answer and also, why did authorities park the trucks when the assemblies needed them for reshaping and other activities?
“These are our questions and we shall wait for the answers before we go back to the studios. As communication officers, we will not sit on radio to defend this party until this matter has been resolved.
No communicator from the NPP will defend the party in the region until the questions are adequately answered.”
According to reports, attempts to obtain details from the Bono Regional Coordinating Council regarding the reasons behind the auction of the equipment have been unsuccessful.