In the Awutu Senya West constituency, there has been conflict between supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) around the building of a bridge at the Awutu Akomatom settlement.
Paul Aidoo, the NPP’s constituency chairman, claims that during Eugene Arhin, the party’s parliamentary candidate,’s visit, the locals asked for the building of a bridge.
On the other hand, the NDC claimed that they had also held community meetings about the bridge’s construction last week, and that the MP, Gizella Tetteh Agbotui, had promised to start work on the project this week with cement. However, as work on the bridge began, however, supporters of the NPP’s parliamentary candidate invaded the area.
The police’s prompt response stopped the situation from getting worse.
“We came here on Sunday to campaign in the community, and they told us that they needed a bridge. We began processes, and all of a sudden, the NDC encroached on the area. The people would have told us that the NDC had promised to construct the bridge if they had indeed visited and made promises. Gizella Tetteh is the MP, and she has not constructed the bridge for them, but why is she promising to do it now?”
One NPP backer informed Citi News.
“The MP Gizella Tetteh engaged the community of Akomatom in a community durbar and promised to embark on the construction of the bridge. She even gave the community 20 bags of cement, so I don’t know why Eugene Arhin is doing that, knowing very well that Gizella has started,” A supporter of the NDC added.
