COVID-19: Only MYOPIC politicians brand veronica buckets – Ken Agyapong

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has described politicians who brand veronica buckets meant for distribution to constituents to fight COVID-19 as myopic.

Politicians from various political divides in the country have been placing their images on veronica buckets meant for the constituents. This act has become part of the political strategies of these politicians.

Commenting on this on Epa Ho a, Daben Political Show on Happy FM, Ken Agyapong described politicians who have been doing that very ‘myopic’.

To him, it is not worth it that someone would want to make political capital out of a situation like this.

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“I have donated a lot to fight COVID-19, no single individual has done more than me that but I am not using that for politics…it’s only myopic people who go around branding even veronica buckets for cheap and propaganda purpose…,” he said in the interview monitored by GhanaNewsPage.Com.

He further took on the former President, John Mahama for seeking to make political capital out of the donations to the vulnerable in such difficult times.

“Mahama is going round, even when he donates plantain, he takes and picture and doing propaganda with that, everything, he’s seeking to make political capital out it…what’s that?,” he said.