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Angry Babile-Baagangne Community Boycotts NPP Campaign Meeting Over Lack Of Electricity

By Philip Tengzu, Wa
Headlines Angry Babile-Baagangne Community Boycotts NPP Campaign Meeting Over Lack Of Electricity
NOV 27, 2020 LISTEN

Residents of Babile Baagangne community in the Lawra Municipality, on Wednesday boycotted a meeting the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lawra Constituency, Anthony Karbo scheduled in the community.

This followed a threat by the community not to entertain any politician, especially the incumbent MP, Mr Anthony Karbo in the community if the community was not connected to the national grid.

The meeting was scheduled to take place at the Baagangne community at about 7:00 pm on Wednesday but the MP and his campaign team, including the Lawra Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Martin Bomba-Ire arrived at the meeting ground with the hope of selling their campaign message to the electorates at the community but found nobody at the place and had to return.

Confirming the boycott of the campaign meeting to this reporter, Mr Alex Yirikye, the Assemblymember for the Babile Electoral Area said the community people were determined to execute their plan if their demand was not met.

It could be recalled that about a week ago the elders and people of the Baagangne community issued a press statement giving the NPP, the MP and the MCE for the area one week ultimatum to connect the community to the electricity or face their wrath.

The residents of the community had also threatened not to participate in the upcoming general election if the community was not electrified before December 7.

Mr Martin Bomba-Ire, the Lawra MCE indicated in his second sectional address on Thursday, November 12 to the Lawra Municipal Assembly that works on the Self-Help Rural Electrification projects in some communities including Babile-Baagangne community had been completed awaiting the connection to the national grid.

“I am happy to report to the house that the works (Self-Help Rural Electrification projects) is complete in some of the communities await the connections to the national grid. These communities include Bagri, Gombile, Baapare, Mwangule, Babile Baagangn, Bompari, Birifo Tangzu. The said communities have been sensitized awaiting the connection”, the MCE said in his address.

Meanwhile, Mr Yirikye said no sensitization had been carried out on the electrification project in the community as reported by the MCE.

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