{"id":274372,"date":"2011-01-18T09:12:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T09:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=48286"},"modified":"2011-01-18T09:12:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T09:12:15","slug":"alhaji-muntaka-begs-ndc-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/18\/alhaji-muntaka-begs-ndc-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Alhaji Muntaka Begs NDC Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_39446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39446\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-39446\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/12\/04\/muntaka-rides-high\/mohammed_muntaka_4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39446\" title=\"mohammed_muntaka_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mohammed_muntaka_4-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2022KINGLY RIDE! Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak receiving a rousing reception in Kumasi<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Member of Parliament for Asawase  Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, was  virtually reduced to a \u2018beggar\u2019 on Monday January 17, as he responded to  a group of NDC supporters on Citi FM, who have threatened to defect to  the opposition NPP.<br \/>\nAccording to Faisal Bin Mustapha who speaks  for Group, about 200 of them will soon join the NPP. Bin Mustapha told  Citi News the Sawaba community which has six polling stations has been  the stronghold of the NDC in the past eighteen years, and in the last  election, the community voted massively for the party.<br \/>\nHe however  says the area is underdeveloped and does not even have a single  Government school coupled with bad roads. \u201cIf it was even the NPP that  neglected us, we won\u2019t complain but this is a stronghold of the NDC. We  are going to fight for NPP to win power in this area\u201d he said.<br \/>\nWhen reached for his comments, the Asawase MP admitted that the community\u2019s development has retarded.<br \/>\nThe  MP, who confirmed the identity of the Group\u2019s Spokesperson and his  followers pleaded with them to rescind their decision since he was  working with several Ministers of State to address their concerns.\u201cI am  very saddened by this event. I know Faisal and his colleagues very well.  They are very strong and hardworking members, who worked with me  throughout the by-election and through the 2008 election. Nobody can  dispute that. I even remember during the by-election some of them  received cutlass wounds\u201d he said.<br \/>\nAccording to the MP, he has  already met with the group\u2019s leadership to address the challenges in the  area. He said just last Sunday; there was another meeting with the  disgruntled youth, the party\u2019s executives and the Mayor of the area.<br \/>\nWith  regards to the lack of a school, the MP explained that a selected site  for the project is yet to be acquired by the Assembly since it is owned  by a private individual.<br \/>\n\u201cThe access roads in Sawaba are also  very bad and I have been there with the Minister for Roads and Highways.  Nobody is disputing the fact that Asawase is not underprivileged. But I  keep telling them that if in two years we expect all these to be fixed,  we will be unrealistic. I am not saying they\u2019re not NDC or their  concerns are not genuine, but I am begging them for God\u2019s sake, that  they need to give the government a little more time\u201d the MP said  soberly.<br \/>\n\u201cThese are not things that a Common Fund can do, we  would have finished it. They require huge capital.  So Faisal, I am  begging you, please be patient because defecting will not solve those  problems. And you will agree with me that as an MP, I did not run away  to leave you. I was with you. In that area alone, NDC had over 19,000  votes so we know it\u2019s our stronghold and we are not going to neglect  you\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe MP said in some parts of the area, water has been provided and that a lot more was being done.<br \/>\nAs  if the MP\u2019 pleas were not enough, the Group\u2019s Spokesperson insisted  that they will defect to the NPP and perhaps return to the NDC when  their demands are met.<br \/>\n\u201cOur MP is a very good MP and he listens to us but we want him to leave us alone to deal with the Government\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHon.  Muntakar Mubarak was forced by the group\u2019s insistence to put his  political career on the line saying he would not contest the seat again,  if no meaningful development takes place in the area in the shortest  possible time.<br \/>\n\u201cIf at least two major roads are not fixed in the  area, I will not stand as their candidate, because that would have meant  that I have led them into disappointment. They should take my word. We  are in this together because it is our stronghold and something needs to  be done\u201d he fumed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, was virtually reduced to a \u2018beggar\u2019 on Monday January 17, as he responded to a group of NDC supporters on Citi FM, who have threatened to defect to the opposition NPP. 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