Captain Smart has fired heavy missiles at New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, following his recent comment regarding some NPP Ashanti Region MPs.
It will be recalled that Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has said the former Akufo-Addo government did not snub the Ashanti region.
According to Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Members of Parliament in the Ashanti Region demanded that their community roads be fixed instead of providing them with flyovers.
He revealed he was shocked that an Ashanti region MP apologised to the people for neglecting them because the NPP government had not constructed flyovers.
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, while addressing NPP party faithful, said, “I heard somebody saying in the Ashanti Region that we let Ashantis down because we didn’t fix their roads. NPP let Ashantis down because they didn’t have flyovers. But I had been in meetings where MPs from the Ashanti region had said that they did not need flyovers, but they want their community roads done, and in politics, you are supposed to give people what they say they want, not what you think they want.
They wanted their community roads, and when you look at the number of roads that were done in Ashanti per capita across the country, you can’t say NPP let Ashanti Region down. Yet an NPP person was apologising for disappointing the Ashantis for neglecting the Ashanti region”.
He continued, “Now if you want to win in 2028, and this is your attitude, that you have accepted that you did not do well. There is a difference between humility and knocking yourselves down. You can show humility. Maybe you expected more from us, and we are sorry that we couldn’t deliver all that you expected.
How is 2028 going to be your best chance? How can you go and convince Ghanaians that I’ve failed you, but bring me back to power? You must be bolder in defending what you did, you must be humble in accepting where you fell short, and you must have the confidence to say that in spite of this and that I can tell you that I have built more roads than any government that has spent the number of times that I have spent in office”.
Reacting to his comments, Captain Smart fired that Gabby Otchere-Darko has no sense.
He emphasised that no sensible person would say this in public.
According to Captain Smart, Gabby’s statements are a disgrace to the party, because the Ashanti region is the NPP’s stronghold.
Speaking on Accra FM, Captain Smart stated, “You have the effrontery to tell the whole world that the Ashanti MPs said to you that the people of the Ashanti region do not like development.
“Does that mean that the Ashanti MPs do not like development in the Ashanti region? I am pleading with John Mahama to undertake a project there so we can determine for ourselves whether the NPP MPs truly dislike development. Even if they don’t like development, Otumfuo and the people of the Ashanti region want development”, he said.
He further added, “Gabby Otchere-Darko has no sense. He has gone to school for nothing. Is he supposed to say such a thing for the public to hear? Your party is fighting for 41.8% to win the election in 2028. Look at what he is doing. Any sensible person will not say this in public”.
Meanwhile, Member of Parliament for Effiduase/Asokore, Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, has refuted the claims made by Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko.
Dr Nana Ayew Afriye noted that no such meeting had ever taken place where the MPs stated they did not need a flyover.
“Gabby O. Darko, I never set my eyes on you from 2017 up until August 2025. When & where was this meeting on Ashanti development?” the MP wrote.
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