Drobo (B/A), June 14, GNA - About 45 members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) have announced their resignation from the party but constituency executive members said they were not genuine members of the NPP. While majority of the former party members said they would not turn back, others said they would not join the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The former members said they were compelled to take the decision partly because "our own government has let down both Jaman North and South constituencies totally".
They claimed the government had paid less attention to both highway and feeder roads in the two constituencies and alleged that there was poor rapport between the Jaman South Member of Parliament and constituents.
Some of them, Kwabena Takyi, Kofi Sakyi and Veronica Ankama, claimed there had been numerous instances when Ministers of State, government officials, Members of Parliament and District Chief Executives promised to ensure the rehabilitation of the roads, particularly the Drobo/Sampa road but all to no avail. They said since the districts were among the breadbaskets in the country, they wondered why most of their feeder roads were in very deplorable state.
"Roads on contract are being delayed and done in a shoddy manner. The six-kilometre road linking Baabianiha to Drobo was done in bits." "Because roads in the two districts are an apology, only three towns, Baabianiha, Japekrom and Drobo benefited from the Metro Mass Transit system."
The former NPP members said the government's promise to provide communication facilities in the area had not been fulfilled.
The executive members of the NPP in Jaman South have denied the resigned members' claim that they were staunch members of the party. "They were not genuine members of the party."
The NPP secretary for the constituency, Alhaji Abu, said the action of the so-called former party members was crafted as a political strategy by the opposition to create a wrong impression about the NPP. He said the NPP government was embarking upon more development projects and that they should not lose sight of the fact that the government's programmes did not centre on Jaman North and South Constituencies alone.
Among the projects were rural electrification in 16 communities, the establishment of a post office and the upgrading of Drobo Secondary School to a model status.
On the MP, Alhaji Abu said it was never true that the MP did not visit her constituency and that since she had a busy schedule as Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture she could not be more frequent as they would have wished.
Mr Yaw Gyan, Youth Organiser, said the executive had not received any resignation letters.