RESIDENTS OF Ashaiman, especially those living at Asensu and Obakatse have expressed dissatisfaction with the Member of Parliament (MP), Alfred Kwame Agbesi, accusing him of not meeting them to discuss the development of the area.
Some residents noted that the MP usually claims to be having marathon meetings with top government officials.
The MP, according to them, used these excuses to avoid them (electorate) even before the area was hit by torrential rains on June 20, 2010 which claimed some lives.
The residents claimed that the First Lady Mrs. Naadu Mills former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and Kennedy Ohene Agyapong have visited the area and made donations, explaining that the MP had not commiserated with flood victims.
The residents further alleged that soon after the rains when some dignitaries toured the affected areas to ascertain the extent of damage and to sympathize with the affected persons, the MP was nowhere to be found, with others alleging that he was in South Africa watching the World Cup matches when the incident occurred.
When DAILY GUIDE contacted Lawyer Agbesi on phone he said it was unfortunate how some of the residents could peddle such falsehoods, explaining that he had visited the area to sympathize with the flood victims.
He admitted that he was not in the country on the said day, adding, “But I can tell you I was not in South Africa as some people are saying. I was in Brussels, Belgium on an official assignment and so that is never true.
The MP said he received information that his constituency had been strucked by torrential rains which caused damage to several homes and killed some residents.
He told DAILY GUIDE that he instructed his outfit to quickly assist the affected residents.
The MP indicated that when he arrived in the country, he personally toured the affected areas at Lebanon, Ashaiman Newtown, Agric, Asensu and Obakatse Electoral Areas to sympathize with them and also made donations to the affected persons in Ashaiman Middle East, where he lives.
“And so for me, it can never be true that I did not sympathize with the people who voted for me to represent them. I will not turn my back against them because I owe them my services,” he noted.
He called for peace and unity in the Constituency, stressing that “in that way, we can grow our Constituency.”
The MP wished the Muslims in his Constituency and across the country a happy Ramadan.
From Inusa Musah, Ashaiman
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