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Ellembelle Constituency Executives of the new patriotic party (NPP) on Tuesday expressed gratitude and maximum support to Dr. Ben Asante, the CEO of Ghana Gas for his unprecedented developmental agenda on Nzema land.

The party in a press statement on Tuesday, 14th July debunked a press conference organized by Nzema Youth which sought to create the impression that the Nzemas are being denied employment opportunities and other developmental projects under the reign of Dr. Ben Asante.

According to the constituency Chairman Mr. Samuel Akainya, the group calling itself Nzema Youth are NDC surrogates from only two communities, Anokyi and Asemda-Suazo, and are on the political trail to mislead and denigrate the hard-won reputation of Dr. Ben Asante. 

Advancing his argument, he said the leader of the group, Mr. Awotwe once an NDC organizer and his group needlessly extended the same vituperation and unwarranted attack on our highly respected paramount chief, Awulaye Amihere Kpanyili (III).

“This is total disrespect and disregard to traditional authorities from a youth group seeking to undermine the authority of the overlord of Eastern Nzema.”

‘Dr. Ben Asante, the CEO of Ghana Gas has the Nzemas at heart and doing everything possible to lift the image of Nzema by creating more job opportunities to local people.’ He concluded. 

The Constituency Research and Elections officer, Mr. Isaac K. Polley enumerated several social interventions programmes enrolled and projects built by Ghana Gas under the leadership of Dr. Ben Asante.

The Press release concluded that ‘we encourage Dr. Ben Asante to stay focus and implement the good policies and programmes earmark for Project Affected Communities and ensure that Ghanaians enjoy an interrupted Gas supply for reliable power generation.’ 

Read the full statement below;

Ellembelle NPP Executives Support The Developmental Agender Of Dr. Ben Asante On Nzema Land

We read with shock and disappointment a press conference organized by a group of NDC surrogates referring to themselves as Nzema Youth. When was this Nzema Youth formed and what has been their modus operandi?

To begin with, the content of their statement is riddled with factual inaccuracies and tribal bigotry purported to tarnish the image of Dr. Ben Asante the CEO of Ghana Gas.

They sought to create the impression that we the Nzemas are being denied employment opportunities under the reign of Dr. Asante, this assertion beat our imagination since it is clear that the number of Nzemas in the company have more than doubled and expanded to cover all the three Nzema Districts-namely Ellembelle, Jomoro, and Nzema East under the leadership of Dr. Asante.  If these simple checks were done by the so-called group, they would have recused themselves from making those ethnocentric statements to create the impression that all Nzema Youth are involved in this divisive tendency. 

To set the records straight we will like to highlight a few of the good intentions of the current CEO towards Nzemas.

Under the current CEO, the Community Relations Department of Ghana Gas is dominated by personnel from the locality and headed by two Senior Managers all of them Nzemas, which was not the case under the previous regime.

Dr. Ben Asante, who the group claim is anti-Nzema has instituted a support scheme for Traditional Council Meetings in all the three Nzema districts to ensure that Awulayemo and Nanamon are supported in their quarterly meetings. The CEO has also made a personal commitment to attend all Kundum Festivals in all the Paramountcies.

Our checks at Ghana Gas indicates that most of the local contracts including CSR projects are awarded to local contractors to build their capacity in the world of business.

     SAMUEL AKAINYA                                                                  ISAAC K. POLLEY

CONSTITUENCY CHAIRMAN                              CONSTITUENCY RESEARCH OFFICER

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