The Eastern Regional First Vice Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Alhaji Umar Bodinga has urged the Legislators of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be good citizens of the country but not a spectators as admonised by Prez Akufo-Addo.
“I now understood the reasons why Prez Nana Addo stated in his 2016 speech that ‘we should all be a citizen but not a spectator’ when he was swearing in as the Prez of the Republic. Prez Akufo-Addo knew that a time will come where everybody would be needed on board to help contributes to the country’s development” he underscore.
This, according to Alhaji Bodinga, the NDC caucus in the 8th Ghana’s Parliament is alleged to used their numbers to quashed any good policy or bill that would be brought before the Parliament by the NPP gov’t to be passed to have positive impact on the Ghanaian citizens.
He asked the NDC Members of Parliament to be of notice that, their constituents voted them to go and represent them in Parliament to lobby for developmental projects for them, and not because of their handsomeness.
Alhaji Umar Bodinga however charged electorates in all the 275 constituencies in Ghana especially where the NDC MPs are at post, to write petition to the Speaker of Parliament to impeach any Member of Parliament who tries to fight against any bill in Parliament by the NPP gov’t that will be of their benefit.
Adding that, any Lawmaker who impose such move is an ‘enemy’ and ‘disaster’ to the development of this country as well as their constituency.
Alhaji Umar Bodinga who made these remarks during an interview with Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, stated that, the core mandate of every MP is to bring development to its constituents but not to fight against the gov’t in power all in the name of personal interest.
In the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic, both the NDC and NPP caucus has 137-137 MPs including 1 Independent candidate.
He further stated, he disagree with those suggesting their National Executives should resigned from their various posts immediately due to the heavy lost of their parliamentary slot to their main contenders- NDC.
Alhaji Bodinga explained that, the National Executive Council has set up a committee led by Hon. Nana Yaw Osarfo Marfo to probe the issue to find out what caused them loose all those parliamentary seats to the opposition NDC MPs.
“I can’t say going into the 2020 elections our National executives didn’t provides leadership to the Regional, Constituency, polling and electoral area executives. I think we did our possible best for the party” he noted.
Alhaji Umar Bodinga hinted that, since 1992 elections no Prez has ever increased his vote in his second term except Prez Nana Addo.
Source// Obohnews.
By/ Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
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