Member of Parliament Hon. Patrick Kwame Bogyarko Saime
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Amenfi East Constituency in the Western Region has descended heavily on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the area for indulging in 'deception'.
This follows after the NPP MP for the area, Hon. Patrick Kwame Bogyarko Saime, has donated branded Mathematical Sets to all 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination candidates.
These Mathematical Sets were branded with the colours of the NPP.
This branding has been condemned by the opposition National Democratic Congress in the area adding that the MP was engaging the candidates in active politics.
However, the ruling New Patriotic Party in the area has defended the MP for committing no offence.
But in a statement issued and signed by the NDC Deputy Communications Officer for the area, Thomas Dindiego, copied to GhanaWeb's Correspondent, said the NPP, MP and MCE have lied to the good people of Amenfi East.
"Our attention has been drawn to a press release emanating from the communication directorate of NPP in the Amenfi East Constituency in a shameful attempt to cover-up the deceitful and dastardly act by the Member of Parliament, Hon. Patrick B. Saime", the statement opined.
The statement added that "We wish to state that in their desperate attempt to respond to a video going viral on social media and some platforms, they ended up rather exposing their ignorance and also exposing the MP making the situation worse. We will advice our brothers to stop the act of deceit, We want them to take note that their days of lies are far gone and we shall respond to them with facts anytime they dubble in such deceit".
The statement alleged that the MCE, Hon. Helena Ama Appiah has said on Kasapreko FM in the area that the MP used some of his Common Fund to purchase the Mathematical Sets adding that the NPP in their defence stated the MP rather acquired the Mathematical Sets from the Ghana @50 Secretariat.
"In another attempt by the NPP to the say Hon. Patrick B. Saim has not claimed buying the mathematical sets also comes in as to totally contradict the MCE for Amenfi East, Hon. Helena Ama Appiah, who is also on record to have granted an interview to Kasapreko FM on 7/6/2019 to state categorically that the said mathematical sets were procured by Hon. Patrick B. Saim with the MP's Common Fund. It is surprising to hear from our brothers in their shameful manner to cover up by saying the mathematical sets were acquired from the Ghana @50 secretariat", the statement read.
The statement emphasized that "In their bid to do their usual political equalization, they ended up in a dangerous ground by comparing the image of the former President on the RLG laptops to the deceitful mathematical sets"
The statement explained that "His Excellency John Dramani Mahama never placed his image on any already procured laptops but rather was procured and branded by his administration on the specifications they wanted which was not in party colours. In the aspect of the metro mass branding, our friends have just refused to understand that it is a national asset and when voted in power you take responsibility of it and therefore was decided to put the images of some pass and current presidents on them knowing that it wasn't in party colours and also not John Mahama only".
The statement concluded that "We are therefore calling on the MP to save his disapproving image as the university of Ghana report clearly shows the people of Amenfi East have forsaken him. He should therefore come out and apologize for his deceitful covering up already procured Ghana @50 mathematical sets and claim he used his share of MP's common fund to buy".
