Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, says through firsthand experience, he now understands why MPs need sirens to beat traffic.
Speaking with Kojo Yankson, host of the Super Morning Show, A Plus revealed that whereas he violently opposed the advocacy by MPs to be given the legal right to use sirens, his few days in office as a legislator have given him the opportunity to change his mind.
“It is not an easy task at all. Today, for instance, I was with the President in my constituency. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community had their annual convention. You know it’s in my constituency; that’s where they have it—in Gomoa Pomadze. I had to be at the convention and in Parliament at the same time.
“I remember that before I entered Parliament, I was complaining about MPs and why they wanted sirens. I called my friend, who is a dispatch rider. I said, ‘Where are you?’ He said, ‘I am at my place.’ I said, ‘Please, I need you to take me out of this traffic and get me to the constituency now and bring me back to Parliament,’” A Plus stated during an interview on Joy FM.
Oluga said the experience has given him an opportunity to appreciate why members of the legislature have been arguing that they be allowed sirens, citing challenges they go through to discharge duties while managing to beat traffic.
“So I came to understand why they were.and can you imagine someone whose constituency is in say Paga and you have to go there with the President and then come back to Parliament? I think that I am in a position to explain what happens in Parliament, and what parliamentarians go through very well to the public,” he added.
A Plus is a musician and an activist who was elected Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central in the 2024 parliamentary election as an independent candidate.
The previous Parliament tried passing a new law permitting some government officials including Members of Parliament to use sirens, but the attempt proved futile as the policy attracted heavy public criticisms.
