Why I took back my cars – Defeated NPP aspirant explains

A defeated parliamentary aspirant for the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency, in the just ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries, Elisha Debrah Odoom, has refuted claims that he took back vehicles he promised the party prior to the elections.

According to him, the vehicles were supposed to be managed by a secretariat and the revenue shared on 40:60 ratio between the dealership and the zones respectively.

“This was in line with my message of creating economic opportunities for the grassroots of the party and to make it economically independent. We had other models like one electoral area, one business. e.g. Corn mill, tricycles, plastic chairs, mattress and canopy hiring etc. Very innovative ideas to make the party viable and attractive to especially the youth. It’s unfortunate this has received negative publicity by some media outlets,” he revealed.

Debrah Odoom said, contrary to claims reported in the media, he did not buy the vehicles to dash to delegates, though he had the vehicles branded with his posters and lined them up at the election grounds.

There were earlier reports that the vehicles were meant for the party but after losing, he has refused to gift the cars to the party as promised and rather directed the vehicles be towed from the venue of the event to his house, sparking controversy as to whether he was indeed determined to give out the vehicles or it was a mere gimmick.

He came third losing to the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Rashid Kwesi Etuaful.

The four candidates who contested the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency primaries were Rasheed Kwesi Etuaful, Richard Hagan, Elisha Debrah Odoom and Ransford Kwesi Nyarko.