The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has stated that some members within his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), believe he has not been treated fairly.
According to him, many government agencies have perceived this situation and, as a result, respond to his requests with urgency.
He disclosed that while most NDC MPs struggle to secure funding for projects such as building schools in their constituencies, agency heads sympathetic to his situation are more willing to support him.
“Let me tell you something, the honest truth is that where I sit, there are a lot of agency heads who are NDC and feel that I have not been treated well. So, when I go to them to ask for support, they are willing to do even more because they know the value I brought to NDC,” he said.
Speaking in an interview on Dreamz FM in Bolgatanga, Adongo explained that some state institutions are more responsive to his appeals because they view his political career progression as having been overlooked.
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His comments come amid ongoing public discussions about his absence from the list of ministerial appointees under President John Dramani Mahama, despite his prominence within the party and in Ghana’s Parliament.
“And they feel that I should have been in there even by now. So, if I go to them to say I want aid, if they are capable of doing it, they are in a hurry to do it. Besides, I am the Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament. That is a very big portfolio in Parliament and it influences a lot of things. It gives me leverage to get what I want for my constituents.
“It is not for nothing. Check, since we came, how many MPs have been able to secure funding to build one brand-new school in their constituency across the country? But I secured one within eight months of NDC being in power,” he added.
