MP for Lawra/ Nandom and Deputy Minority Leader, Ambrose Dery, has dismissed as factually incorrect media reports that sought to suggest that he described the sod-cutting for the construction of two Universities in the Brong Ahafo and Volta Regions as unnecessary and unwise.
The ‘Informer’ newspaper, in a publication on Wednesday, February 9th, headlined; “B/A, Volta Don’t Deserve Universities – Ambrose Dery, NPP MP & Minority Leader Declares”, the pro-government tabloid claimed the NPP MP reportedly said “it is a grievous mistake for President Mills to have selected the two regions as beneficiaries of the university projects adding that the two regions cannot be said to be worthy of such investment.”
But speaking in an interview with Kwami Sefa-Kayi on Wednesday’s edition of Kokrokoo on PeaceFM, the Lawra/Nandom MP strenuously denied making the statement attributed to him.
“I never made such a statement that I was against the construction of the two universities in Volta and Brong Ahafo Region. The “Informer” publication has no basis. I have not made that statement at all,” he said.
According to him, he only stated that merely cutting a sod for the commencement of a project does not necessarily mean fulfilling a campaign promise, and added that President Mills should go beyond that by successfully completing the project.
“Again I repeat, I did not say those regions should not have or do not deserve universities,” Mr. Dery stressed.