Youth group warns Ayorkor Botchway

A group calling itself 'Concerned Citizens of Ga Central Municipality' in the Greater Accra region is up in arms against the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mrs. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, for what the group describes as "total neglect” of the people in the area by the MP.

"We the people of Ga Central Municipality of the Ga State feel cheated, underdeveloped, underrated and taken for granted for far too long by the Ga Central municipal assembly as well as our MP," the group stated in a protest letter addressed to key political personalities in the country.

The chairman and spokesperson for the group, Yaovi Azietrugah, and Eric Awuah Kofi Asamoah, respectively revealed to Today that on July 18, 2015 a letter containing demands for development of the Ga Central Municipality was dispatched to the office of Hon. Ayorkor Botchway, Ga Central Municipal Assembly, President John Dramani Mahama and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan.

The two young men stated that copies of the letter were also sent to the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs (GARHC), Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, and the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council.

The group outlined the stark socio-economic neglect in the Ga Central Municipality including the absence of good roads and sanitation, inadequate water supply, rolling power cuts, insecurity of the residents, poor educational and other social infrastructure and the neglect of key economy-boosting projects.

"Hon. Ayorkor Botchway has not done anything meaning for this area and we dare her to point out what she has done so far since she became an MP”, the group stated.

According to the group, the Ga Central legislator cannot boast of any achievement in her twelve (12) years in parliament.

The group, Messers Asamoah and Azietrugah disclosed is made up of respected persons from the Ga Central Municipality and it has nine executive members and more than 2000 members from all the electoral areas and polling stations of the constituency.

'We are tired and sick of Hon. Ayorkor and we are going to hold her accountable now, "the two leaders of the group indicated.

Consequently, the group called on the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ensure that Mrs. Botchway honours her campaign promise to her constituents.

Failure to do that, the group threatened to boycott the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.

And if the group carries its intended threat, it would definitely affect the political fortunes of the NPP in the area in 2016.

When asked why the group chose this period to register its protest, the two leaders claimed that the season was good for political agitation.