Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu (L) has slammed Gabby over ‘Ashanti MPs want community roads, not flyovers’ claim
Former Majority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has reacted to a claim that New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament in the Ashanti Region told the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government that they preferred community roads to flyovers and interchanges.
Speaking in a recent interview on UTV, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu asserted that the claims made by Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a stalwart of the NPP, are false.
He stated that, as the Majority Leader for over seven years of the Akufo-Addo government and a leading member of both the government and the party, particularly in the Ashanti Region, he never attended a meeting where the said comments were made.
“He said he has been in meetings where the statement he made was said. What I want him to tell us is the meeting he is referring to. Where did the said meeting happen?” he quizzed.
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The former MP for the Suame Constituency in the Ashanti Region pointed out that ministers of the NPP government from the region, as well as its MPs, have been fighting for flyovers and interchanges.
“On numerous occasions, I have spoken about the Suame Interchange, which is part of an inner city circle, which starts from Anloga Junction… We were going to build an interchange there during President Kufuor’s era. From there, if you take your left, it takes you to the Airport Roundabout, where there is another interchange… So on numerous occasions we have spoken about interchanges, and Parliament has even approved loans to get them done,” he said.
He added, “So, I don’t understand why Gabby would go and stand somewhere to say that we said we don’t want interchanges. We started talking about these interchanges during President Kufuor’s time. When Dr Anane was the Roads Minister, we went to launch them at KTI. Where was Gabby at that time, for him to come and say we said we don’t want interchanges?”
Watch a video of his remarks below:
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