Kan Dapaah and family warned over ‘Kokofu football’ politics

Some angry youth from the Afigya Kwabre District in the Ashanti Region, have sounded a word of caution to Hon. Kan Dapaah to desist from the practice of fielding members of his family into political positions they never worked for.

The group, in a statement issued over the weekend, warned that the current National Security Minister, is noted for lobbying for positions on behalf of his family members without leaving room for others who have toiled and labored for the New Patriotic Party to occupy.

Full statement below

We the Concern Youth of Afigya Kwabre want the President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reward hard working members of the party and not to encourage some members notably Hon. Kan Dapaah, from fielding his family members into the juicy positions they never worked for.

Afigya Kwabre District was created in 1st November 2007 carved out of Kwabre East and Sekyere South Districts by the Legislative Instrument 1885.

The District has two constituencies namely Afigya Kwabre North and Afigya Kwabre South and is administered by the Afigya Kwabre District Assembly, with Kodie in the Southern part of the district, as its capital.

When the district was created in 2007, Kwasi Karikari Achamfour the nephew of Hon. Kan Dapaah was appointed the first DCE of the district and this was fairly because the district was new. We the Concern Youth of Afigya Kwabre said nothing about his appointment and helped him to work until he handed over to Hon. Kaakyere Oppong Kyekyeku of the NDC.

During 2016 campaign, we never saw Kwasi Karikari Achamfour in any political activities or work in the District. So we are not going to entertain "monkey they work bamboo they chop" attitude in our district.

Hon. Kan Dapaah was a minister under His Excellency J.A. Kuffour and his nephew Kwasi Karikari Achamfour became the DCE of the Afigya Kwabre District but this time, we are not going to accept the Akan proverb "Kokofu b??lo b?..." in the appointment of the DCE.

The Presiding Member of the Afigya Kwabre District Assembly is from the North and we the Concern Youth are not going to accept the DCE appointment from the North too.

We the Concern Youth never saw any chief or clergy during our 2016 campaign, so why are they now intervening in the appointment of our DCE?

We the Concern Youth Of Afigya Kwabre don't want to capture the headlines of the print, air or electronic media so we want His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo to reward hard working members but not those who will sit somewhere and fold their arms with the aim that my uncle will lobby for me- "Wofa w?h?" when the time comes.

We want someone who sacrificed his life for the party's victory not those who retired from politics during the 2016 campaign.

*Afigya Kwabre District is not for Hon. Kan Dapaah and Family.*

....Sign....

Vincent Arthur

President