Kumawu: Mahama accuses NPP of buying votes with  ‘Tugyimi’ rice

Former President John Dramani Mahama has descended heavily on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for engaging in vote-buying ahead of tomorrow’s by-election at Sekyere  Kumawu in the Ashanti Region.

Addressing party supporters at Bodomase near Kumawu last Saturday, Mr. Mahama accused the NPP of sharing and donating  “Tugyimi” rice  to residents to entice them to vote for the NPP candidate in the parliamentary election.

“The NPP is on a door-to-door campaign sharing a cup of rice ‘Tugyimie’ to you electorates in the constituency just to win your votes. So, now the NPP thinks your vote value is a cup of Tugyimie rice? I beg you please when they bring the Tugyimie rice please take it, cook and eat it. On Tuesday tell them that your voting power cannot be influenced with a cup of rice,” Mr Mahama alleged.

He urged the electorates to vote for the NDC Parliamentary candidate Kwasi Amankwaa popularly known as Tom Cee to represent the constituency in Parliament.

“Kumawu Constituency, you have been voting for the NPP in every election since 1992. So the NPP takes you for nothing by not prioritizing your developmental needs. Any major development project that you see in this constituency is the handiwork of the NDC when we were in government’’.

 “Kumawu constituency shake yourself a bit in this by-election because they have taken you for nothing for far too long. May the soul of Basoa rest in peace. I see his death as a sacrifice to Kumawu Constituency. If not for his demise, there is no way we will see this heavy earth-lifting machine on Kumawu town roads. What also shows that after the by-election the contractor will remain on-site without removing their working equipment? so please let us shake ourselves this time to show that we can’t be taken for granted,’’  Mahama said.

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