A former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Ebenezer Nii Narh Nartey, has blamed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the mess that has been caused in Accra due to things like uncollected refuse littered around the city.

According to him, the lack of political role in the development of Accra is the cause of this mess.

He explained that if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) do not put politics aside, there will be no way the city would be well structured to allow for issues such as sanitation to be properly tackled.

“We need to get a political role to deal with issues. That's one major problem we have in this country,” he indicated.

Speaking in a video shared by UTV on X, the former MP is heard saying, for instance, in the Central Business District of Accra, specifically on the Kinbu Road, the Accra City Hotel area, Accra Technical University and its environs have been turned into a market center, leaving pedestrians and vehicles to use the other lane.

“So, I keep on saying, especially in Accra, two political parties, the NDC and the NPP, are the reasons Accra is filthy. When President Mills made Alfred Oko Vanderpuije the Mayor of Accra and he started to put things in order, the former National Organiser of the NDC, Yaw Boateng Gyan, said 'We’ve been campaigning whiles you were abroad. You can’t make us lose votes,' and so Oko Vanderpuije washed his hands. At the end of the day, the problem is still there,” he stated.

He added that; “The former regional minister, Henry Quartey, started in Greater Accra to make things work. Our own people started insulting him, saying all manner of things. Others even went to extend of going to the president to lie about him. Some even organised women to the national party headquarters to demonstrate, and Henry had to wash his hands. At the end of the day, the problem is still there.”

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