Bryan Acheampong, Member of Parliament for Abetifi, has come under fire from Joseph Yammin, a former deputy minister for youth, sports and culture as well as national organiser for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for remarks he made that were deemed careless.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will make every effort to keep power in 2024, the Minister for Food and Agriculture assured NPP supporters at Mpraeso, drawing criticism from the former NADMO coordinator.
- According to Justin Koduah, an NDC government would have made the economic crisis worse.
- There were many police officers present to screen the NDC candidates for Asawase.
Bryan Acheampong was cautioned by Mr. Yammin to concentrate on rebuilding the ailing agricultural and poultry sectors, which, in his opinion, have left many people struggling to make ends meet.
“This is a man that has just been appointed as the Agric Minister and the sector has collapsed and what we want to hear is how he will revive the agric sector and not how you want to be in power because no Ghanaian will want to see the NPP in power again.
“I used to buy maize in the 50kg bag in 2016 for GH¢35, but that same bag is being sold for GH¢200 today. Again, in 2016, we used to prepare one ton of poultry feed with GH¢700 to GH¢900 but today, we need not less than GH¢5000 to prepare the same one ton so if I were him, I will use that opportunity to tell the people my strategy to bring back the economy to life and not holding on to power.”
Bryan Acheampong, during a health walk at Mpraeso, said the NPP was ready to march up to the NDC in all aspects of the 2024 elections and will not hand over power to the NDC.
The comments have been widely condemned but the NPP insists Mr. Acheampong said nothing wrong.
