The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has challenged Ghanaians to point out any remarkable achievements by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, that warrant such commendation and praise.

The 41-year-old minister, who is very active on social media, is being celebrated by a section of the public, with many seeing him as one of the most hardworking ministers of the John Mahama administration. His admirers describe him as a loyal, attentive politician who has hit the ground running to advance the course of the Ashanti Region.

However, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a lawyer and legislator, strongly disagrees with this view. He argues that while he likes Dr. Frank Amoakohene as a fellow young politician, the minister has not achieved anything substantial to be celebrated.

"I like his spirit, I like the fact that all of us did student politics and we are here today. I like the fact that he understands what he is doing. But let us stop that as Ghanaians—within the past three months, what has the minister done that is monumental or significant enough for us to celebrate him? Let us not cheapen our politics," he stated.

"John Mahama is making a lot of mistakes and is not governing well. He is governing so poorly, but Ghanaians, as we speak, are more interested in the moralistic aspects of governance. For example, when the president attended an event and saw some chiefs, he asked them to sit down and greet him. How is that development? The president has written in the budget that he cannot recruit anyone this year. So, if you are a young man or woman who is happy that the regional minister has posted something on social media, is that governance? We are just focusing on trivialities. We are not concerned with the core of what governance really is."

Ghanaians should show me any remarkable thing the Ashanti Regional Minister has done to deserve such commendation and praise- MP Old Tafo MP, Ekow Vincent Assafuah#OYEREPA pic.twitter.com/aTRZDsZr8S

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