I feel energized after my bike ride protest – Ras Mubarak [Audio]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, says he feels energized after embarking on a 17-km bicycle ride to parliament in protest to the high cost of living in the country.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Tuesday, the Kumbungu legislator who rode on a 17-kilometre road from his residence in Accra to Parliament House said the ride is not to make him popular.
He said it was aimed at drawing the government’s attention to the plight of a great number of people in the country.
“It wasn’t my intention to just ride the bike for fun but to tell the government how people are suffering in the country. I must say that I even feel energised biking for that long distance though it wasn’t an easy thing. I’m happy I was able to accomplish my aim and would love to do it over and over again,” he noted.
He said aside from the message that the riding of a bicycle put across, it had health benefits.
“People are losing jobs and you can’t say that anyone who’s championing their cause is being a populist. As a representative of the people, if I can’t do something to highlight, to articulate, to showcase, to demonstrate that indeed, I am representing people, then I have no business being in public service and health wise it’s very good too,” he noted.
Source: Adomonline.com
