The lawyer who won in Tuesday’s hotly contested Akwatia by-election, Bernard Baidoo, thinks the result demonstrates that the electorate heard his message and took action.
Mr. Baidoo maintained that there was always plenty of confidence.
“The people listened to the message we gave them, and we saw that they had really imbibed. They gave us a hope, some hope of a sort, which hope has resulted in what we see today,” he remarked following the announcement.
“We’ve always been very confident. We’ve been in this game for a while. If you are in it and you are losing, you will know, except maybe if you don’t want to be honest yourself.”
He clarified that his campaign was based on focus and clarity.
“For me, I’ve always said, when you are going into such a contest, there are a lot of things you will hear, but I don’t focus on tangential. The focus is on the main ball.
“My focus is to have my message delivered. The people accept it, and then they take it up and work to make sure, eh, victory is delivered.”
Mr. Baidoo dismissed previous disputes, claiming that the campaign might have been ruined by distraction.
The new MP linked Akwatia’s mining heritage to the region’s future aspirations.
“Some of these comments, if you are not careful, you will be swayed by them, and then you go outside the main target and then be dealing with unnecessary stuff. Elections were held, and we have the results.”
“We’ve always said that you see Akwatia’s name has always been with regard to mining, you can’t take away the mining. We only have to do it lawfully. That’s what we’re going to work on,” he said.
He cited the Ghana Consolidated Diamonds site’s ongoing progress.
“Where we are now is a GCD property just before John Mahama came to power; the place was in darkness, if you would recall. We did the 2024 collation here, and we had to put on some solar panels and all the lamps.”
“Today, it wasn’t because of the by-elections, though; this was even done before. Today, we have electricity. It is the first step towards getting GCD back on track, which can employ 1000s of people. There are other things we are looking at.”
Source: newsthemegh.com