In response to threats by the Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson to the National Organizer and Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress NDC that the two should meet her at Kasoa if they are men enough, the National Organizer and the Deputy General Secretary on Wednesday January 3, 2024 stormed the Constituency.
Their visit to grace a stakeholders forum organized by the party’s Parliamentary candidate in the Constituency, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor to engage wards and branch executives to address challenges confronting the Party in the constituency.
The visit of the two national executives came on the back of threats by Hon. Hawa Koomson as a result a number of Ghanaians expected the MP to give them a showdown and execute her threats.
The members of the NDC have therefore described her actions as a coward who only make noise to gain political favour from the party’s top hierarchy.
It will be recalled that the NPP Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson declared her intention to match opponents calling for violence.
She dared the National Organiser of the NDC, Joseph Yammin and the Deputy General Secretary of the Party, Mustapha Gbande to bring on their game in 2024 when the country goes to the polls.
She added that Joseph Yammin and Mustapha Gbande should meet her at Kasoa if they are men enough and will show them that there is a woman who is more than a man.
Responding to Hon. Hawa Koomson’s threats, the Deputy General Secretary of the NDC in Charge of operations Mustapha Gbande stated that his coming the Awutu Senya East is not to fight adding that he doesn’t have time for “hooliganism and foolish talk”.
According to him Kasoa is a cosmopolitan area which consist of various tribes from the constituency and therefore there’s the need to ignore such nonsense.
He said they came to the constituency to reason about how to change the destiny of the people adding that the NDC has not presented an illiterate as a Member of Parliament rather presented a woman who holds Public relations as a degree, she also holds
She also holdsin masters international trade in law among others and have not presented a woman who cannot account for One-District One-Dam money.
Mustapha Gbande described the MP as a crook, dishonest politician and a criminal, “if Hawa Koomson says she is smart, intelligence, she is courageous she should hold a press conference and account to the people of Ghana what happens to One-village – One-Dam.
On his part, the National Organiser of the NDC Mr. Joseph Yammin revealed that he has decided to respond to Hawa Koomson’s threats at her own backyard adding that the MP has officially invited him to part of Awutu Senya East Constituency therefore if she is a woman with balls on December 7, 2024 she should meet him on the election grounds.
He said Hawa Koomson should pray that she will even be on the field on December 7 and urged her to take it that he will match he boot for boot.
According to him Hawa Koomson issued a threats that if he and Mustapha Gbande are men they should come to Awutu Senya Constituency, a comment the National Organiser of the NDC sees a threats and was expecting the Inspector General of Police to invite Hawa Koomson therefore the best respond is to also threaten the MP.
“In the next electoral event she should try and fool and she will see that we are more foolish than her” he noted.
Addressing party Folks at Kasoa, the NDC New York Secretary Prof. Baba Swarry, stated that the leadership of President Nana Akufo Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have make Ghana a country with no hope and it has resulted in most of the Ghanaian youth using a very dangerous route to make their way to the United States of America.
According to him, his interactions with most of the youth that used dangerous route to US indicates that indeed Nana Akufo Addo and Bawumia have make the Ghana a country without a soul therefore the youth have no option than to endanger their lives and travel from about seven countries to enter USA to seek for greener pastures.
He stated that the people in the Diaspora are major victims of the rampant economic hardship and mismanagement of the country resources adding that about 22 taxes imposed on clearing at the ports are major factor of how the people in Diaspora faced.
He called on all Ghanaians especially the people of Awutu Senya East Constituency to work hand in hand to ensure a massive victory for John Dramani Mahama and Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor.
The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor expressed her optimistsm of winning the Parliamentary seat for the NDC.
She said the party in the Constituency need more work to do in order to win massively come December 7 election adding that although the party has re-energize its support base yet there are a lot more to do.
She stated that the work on board does not only rely on only the constituency and the branch executives rather a collective efforts all members of the party in the constituency.
According to her the NDC have graduated from a party system to a family system hence the need to forge ahead with unity and come together as one family work for the success of the NDC.
She stated that the people of Awutu Senya East are not cowards and are ready to face anyone who tries to bring violence in the constituency especially Hawa Koomson as the NDC is ready match her boot for boot in the upcoming election.