KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party (PNP) says popular dancehall artist and a native of  Bath, St Thomas, Andrae Sutherland, popularly known as Popcaan, has joined forces with Member of Parliament for St Thomas Eastern Dr Fenton Ferguson to lobby for  “greater improvements” in the road infrastructure in the parish.  

According to a release from the PNP today, the meeting came after a recent peaceful protest by Popcaan in relation to road conditions throughout St Thomas.

The PNP said both agreed that the Southern Coastal Highway is important to the development of the parish; and that their united effort in lobbying the government would ensure that this project becomes a reality to improve the lives of the people of the parish.

“Popcaan states that he wants the best for the parish of his birth and will work with the MP and other critical stakeholders to bring focus to the issues and to garner the necessary investments for parish,” said the PNP.

Meanwhile, the party said Ferguson welcomes the concerns of Popcaan and the opportunity to join with “a personality that resonates with the youth to lobby for the upliftment of St Thomas”.

The PNP informed that Ferguson and Popcaan have agreed to tour the areas of concern together and see how best they can work for the benefit of the parish.