Members of a group of 25, constituting themselves as the Concerned Cadres in Ashanti have expressed their disappointment in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for sidelining cadres whose sacrifices helped bring the party back in government.
The group noted that government appointees and functionaries see them as a threat hence MMDCEs and some CEOs distant themselves from the cadres.
They claimed that rather than help improve the lot of cadres and the NDC youth, “these Later Day political appointees are comfortable helping the NPP youth” at the expense of the old guards.
Messrs Elliot Ofosu, Kofi Karikari and Comrade Sarfo Adu, leader, Organiser and Secretary respectively of the group told “The Chronicle” that the seeming neglect has sent most of their colleagues to their early grave from stress and frustration mentioning Combat, Oppong Fosu and Yaw Owusu both of Bekwai as the dead among them.
The group complained that the party has abandoned the old guards whose sacrifices helped to grow the party particularly in the Ashanti Region.
According to them, the welfare of the old guards and cadres is not the priority of the NDC and the government as a result of which some of them are currently infirmed on their sick bed.
These include Oppong Kyekyeku, Bekwai constituency, Grace Awuah (former Bekwai DCE), Jones Owusu Boateng (former Presiding Member, Bekwai), Yaw Kurankye (former chairman), Awuah Boateng (Essumeja) and Kwaku Gu (Jacobu).
The leadership of the group also raised concerns about the Nkoko Nketenkete citing an instance where a couple in the Bosomtwe District was given a single bird (one chicken) under the Nkoko Nketenkete programme.
The group has, therefore, appealed to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to consider providing cadres with farming inputs to improve upon their livelihood as an interim measure to support them.
It also advised the government to walk the talk on its avowed stance to fight against illegal mining noting that “the illegal mining menace, if not adequately addressed, could send the party to the opposition”.
They disclosed the involvement of some NDC gurus of in the galamsey business which is ongoing at Asamang and Adumasa in the Bosome-Feeho District and Asuadei in the Ahafo Ano South East District where illegal mining is eating into a Forest Reserve.
The Cadres bemoaned what they called “extortion of GHc3,000” from those of them who applied for consideration as MMDCEs and demanded a refund of the GHc3,000 because payment of the said amount did not serve any better purpose besides impoverishing them.
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