“The reason behind the slow growth of Cape Coast is NDC. They destroyed our once great town from 1982 onwards. Before they came, that Post Office, Courts, Ministries we’re functional. And there were jobs in Cape Coast…Ceredec, Mfantsiman, CMP, PWD, AESCHYLUS, SCC, Water Works, SHC, CMB, MMB, etc etc. Our Municipal Council was functioning, removing bins daily…then the revolution began to close down these institutions one after the other without paying benefits to anyone.
I was in UCC and keenly observed the antics of the revolutionaries, whose people in Cape Coast were not so bright but worked as agents to undermine the few successful people from our Town, who used to help us a lot: they destroyed the great life of Mr Doughan, the Deputy Regional Minister; Mr Joe Hayfron, Chairman of Dwarfs; they chased our former MP, Lawyer Brodie-Mends out of town; they chased William Amarteifio a quiet contributor out of the country; they shocking chased our main man, Col F G Bernasko out of town for years, together with J WS Degraft Johnson, former Vice President of Ghana…And many others, much to the applause of Cape Coasters. June 4 Movement wrote letters upon letters to PNDC to confiscate the properties of Ameen Sangari.
I saw the File with Leo Yankson of June 4th and reported it to Mr Walker who got them arrested. The letters were horrible. In all these, I saw so many Cape Coasters jubilation at the abuse of these people. NDC chased out Mr GEB Awuku out of the country and destroyed most of his businesses in Accra. NDCFUO took away Mr Kwesi Brew’s Golden Spoon Flour Factory. They attacked the Diamond Business of a great rich Cape Coast lady, Mrs Mary Rawlings (Mrs Adu Boahen).
They retired our leading men in the Top Hierarchy of Ghana’s Civil Service such as Robert Hinson and Ackah Yensu of State Insurance and I B Ashun, Principal Secretary of Ministry of Finance. All these people made quiet but significant contributions to our Town’s development.
Our rich men like Coleman Paitoo, Addison, W G Tandoh of Wescodye, Yankah of TOPP Farms, I K Quansah etc were all snuffed out. These days we don’t have such type of very rich people again except the ndcfuo. These people were always helping the Town. They supported our Afahye.
But we lost both our industries and great people; but Cape Coasters were only interested in the downfall of these successful people. I never stopped observing the ndc people terrorising and destroying our people and businesses. The point is, most Cape Coasters are not very successful but instead of being happy for our few successful people they rejoice when they see them demonised!
NDC destroyed, neglected and abandoned most institutions in Cape Coast including our time honoured sewage and sanitation system, employment avenues, hospitals and schools, Social Welfare, Parks & Gardens, Courts, Post Office etc.
Then they imposed their man on us as our Paramount Chief. He then went all out with his unnecessary political agenda…and opened a huge conflict between him and present President.
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Let me tell you what we can do to help, below here.
We must send a Powerful Delegation of Cape Coasters to meet with the President at the Jubilee House and discuss these two things:
- To patch up the long running hostile conflict between President Nana Akuffo Addo and Omanhene Kwesi Atta. We must do it properly and help to reconcile their differences that developed in the disgraceful 2010 Afahye debacle. To me, our Chief must tone down on his NDC Politics considerably. Chiefs don’t normally show their true political colours so openly as he does.
- We must also have a plan to discuss our development from job creation, tourism, demolishing of Post Office (which should have been done when the ndc sold Ghana Telecom to Vodafone), rehabilitation of Cape Coast Elementary and Secondary Schools with their own Libraries, Fish Farming in the Fosu Lagoon, construction of Fishing Quay at ‘Abrofo Mpoano, Development of Sports, Rehabilitation of Cape Coast Central Hospital and attraction of Investors to establish viable businesses in our town that is located in the centre of Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi…etc etc.
We’ll add more items to the Agenda when the time approaches. So many Towns including ndc voting northerners have sent such delegation to the compassionate President and he has helped them with their requests. We are the only ones who haven’t gone to Jubilee House because we have NDC Leaders like the 2 MPs and the Oguaa Omanhene.
The Delegation to the President and Cabinet must include the following:
- Mr Andrew Fiifi Simpson
- Prof Philip Bondzi-Simpson
- Mr Bernasko
- Mr Victor Savage
- Mr Ekow Sam
- Mr Ato Amponsa-Dadzie
- Mr Nana Butler
- Mrs Christine Afrifa
- Ms Christine Churcher
- Rev Carl Sackeyfio
- Legna and Cole Younger
The President knows most of these highly successful intelligent people from our Town and will listen to their pleas to let bygones be bygones. We can later have a good ceremony to pacify the gods to bring us peace and closure. Then our Delegation will let the NPP Government and President know our Development agenda. The Delegation can invite President Kufuor to the meeting and am sure he will join them because he spent most of his Weekends with Uncle Kojo Alata in Cape Coast.
We must ignore hateful people in town and focus on goodness and as we do so, goodies will return.
I can contribute by writing a short Piece of Essay about the contribution of Cape Coasters to the NPP!
I hope no one responds to my contribution here, please. We are not in a Debate but suggestion mode. Talk your own some and move on!”
By : Kofi Freeman Amponsa Dadzie
Source: Cape Coast Oguaa
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