Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central, Rhoda Crawford, says she is the hardest-working political representative in the constituency’s history.

“I don’t have to come to defend my record of performance. I know, you know, every Jamaican in Jamaica and the diaspora knows that I have worked very hard. Manchester Central has never had a harder-working member of parliament…,” she said.

She emphasised that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has been working assertively to ensure citizens’ needs are met while boasting about the party’s rehabilitation efforts in the area.

“There is no area of development that we have left unchecked. When we look at roads, we have not only built or rehabilitated or patched 35 roads. The numbers have since gone up. We are now at 36, and we are on the way with road number 37, the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARKS) programme in Barnstaple, Manchester. We have never seen this across the constituency before.”

Crawford also expressed the government’s commitment to uplifting the citizens in Jamaica by supporting their educational attainment and helping them to become homeowners.

“When you move across to education, we have delivered a record number of tuition grants. We have provided support with book grants. We have helped our schools on so many levels. We have provided a housing solution through the National Housing Trust (NHT). We have provided more than 600 building grants to constituents. We have provided 10 social houses,” she added while speaking at a JLP Workers Meeting.

The MP also highlighted the efforts she has made to ensure that residents have access to free Wi-Fi in the parish.

“Today, we have eight free Wi-Fi hotspots, but Labourites, we will have more opportunities for you… During the most difficult times on the journey, it is your love, your support and your strength that have kept me. During the happy times, we have laughed together, and we have celebrated together.

“I want you in the same way in 2020, where you entrusted your confidence in me, that you entrust that confidence again. So that when the election is called, we are not only going to win by 1,000 plus like the last time, but we are going to increase our majority and show the people of Jamaica that our victory was not accidental,” Crawford continued.