The leadership of National Concerned Spare Parts Dealers Association (NCSPDA) at Abossey Okai in Accra have called on the public to disregard a recent statement by Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, suggesting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rented “fake spare parts dealers” to protest against the Akufo-Addo administration for failing to lessen their plights.
According to them, Dr Bawumia indicated that the protests came from the fake spare parts dealers association that the NDC formed, adding that “but thankfully the real spare parts dealers association has rejected their claims and exposed them as fake spare parts dealers.”
Speaking at the 4th National Policy Summit in Tamale, Northern Region, last Monday the vice president said that the government had abolished import duties on spare parts, a move that has been hailed by the genuine dealers.
“The real spare parts dealers who exposed the NDC’s rented spare parts dealers thanked the government for helping their businesses.
But in an interview with Today yesterday over the issue, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NCSPDA, Mr Takyi Addo, on behalf of the association, expressed misgivings about the conduct of Dr Bawumia to label them as rented, non-existence and fake association, saying that the vice president was not being fair to them.
“We are not fake members of the spare parts dealers, our membership is known nationwide and we are surprised that Dr Bawumia has soon forgotten his recent meeting he held with the members of National Spare Parts Dealers Association (NSPDA) including members of NCSPDA with the aim to reaffirm that the government has abolished import duties on spare parts.
“…So now he has turned back to call us fake rented spare parts dealers association, the right time is coming and we shall tell him and his NPP government whether we are fake or not,” the PRO warmed.
According to Mr Takyi, those flying statements by the vice president were just propagandist with evil intent, and stressed the need for Dr Bawumia to render an apology to them or else they would advise themselves.
He maintained that the Concerned Spare Parts Dealers Association exists in Ghana and must therefore be taken seriously.
He also denied the assertion by the vice president that the association was a politically motivated society seeking to do the bidding of the opposition NDC.
Mr Takyi reaffirmed that they can no longer contain the hardship under the current administration following the imposition of several taxes through the backdoor making life unbearable for them.
He reiterated that they were suffering and things were not going the way President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo promised them.
He wondered why the current administration increased VAT adding that, that had affected the prices of the items “we import into the country.”
He maintained that when they compare former President John Dramani Mahama-led National Democratic Congress to the current President Akufo-Addo New Patriotic Party government in connection to their spare parts business, they could see that the former was far better.
Source: Today
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The icon of lies in Ghanaian politics has started his kwaku Ananse jokes again. A failed and frustrated vice President. Ain't you ashamed of yourself?
You're not fake and so what??? Shame on you all!!! Can you use 18 months to fix what has been destroyed 8 years if your answer is no then sshutt up or pack and leave the country you greedy folks. Nothing can stop Nehemiah Akufo Addo's 8 years in power so you can pocket and bath
Spare parts final consumers (buyers/users) are not crying and yet the dealers who sell the parts and get their monies back by pushing all duties or whatever they claim on consumers are crying hummmmm.
Table top spare parts dealers,you call spare parts dealers? the government deals with those who import into the country who make a lot of impact in the economy not goro boys ndc have rented to talk sh*t. You can do your best who cares? your master is in the race of the ndc flagbearership and you can contribute and help him to come and give you what you want! nons*nse! why should goro boys put pressure on the government when they've sat down with the real spare parts association and cushioned out better things to help them, listen, there is no time to waste on ndc ma*dness. You can demonstrate till 2020 and it won't affect nothing. There is no way ndc can wipe off 500,000 votes of their gargantuan defeat deficit to even come closer to winning ,so you can go get something from mahama and add to your capital.Aaah ! Y'abr3 mo !why didn't you demonstrate during ndc time? Dr Bawumiah spoke out from what the real spare parts dealers told him,they said you are not part of them, you don't belong to them so if you have anything and you think you are for real see the real and authentic spare parts dealers. Since ndc went to opposition, their only work is forming groups and opposing every good thing for others. When did this association came about? if it was formed yesterday, the Vice President can't deal with an association that was formed just this year or last year, it is not a credible association that's why he said fake. The PRO of the Spare parts association came out to announce your association being in existence for about 4 months so how can it be credible it is fake and the Vice president can't deal with fake things!
Spare parts dealers my foot, you guys can do the your worse, nothing will happen to NPP and its government. The government is putting the right things in place for the benefit of all not only few greedy spare parts dealer.