THE National Democratic Congress (NDC) has elected Mr Emmanuel Atta Twum as its candidate to contest the Atiwa Constituency by-election slated for August 31.
The by-election is to find a replacement for Mr Kwasi Annoh Ankama of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who passed away in the middle of the year.
Mr Atta Twum, currently the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atiwa, was declared unopposed at the last hour after his only challenger, Nana Samuel Agyepong, popularly known as Alhaji, pulled out of the contest and pledged his unflinching support to his colleague to wrest the seat from the NPP which had held the seat for years.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Atta Twum said his short period as DCE for the area had made him identify the numerous socio-economic problems facing the people and called on them to vote for him to solicit support from Parliament to continue with the programmes being undertaken by the assembly.
He expressed his appreciation to the party executives, members and especially Nana Agyepong for their support.
Earlier, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, asked the party’s executives and members to drum home the numerous achievements of the NDC administration within a limited period of 18 months to win the support of the people.
Some of the achievements included the provision of numerous social amenities such as health, water and sanitation facilities, school buildings, roads, markets, increase in the capitation grant, free meals, free uniforms and exercise books for pupils in first cycle educational institutions and reduction in inflation to a single digit which, according to him, was boosting economic activities.
The Eastern Regional Organiser of the NDC, Mr Tawia Boateng, urged municipal and district chief executives in the region not to relent in the provision of social amenities, since that would go a long way to win the support of the people to enable the party to win the 2012 election.
For his part, the Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Baba Jamal Muhamed Ahmed, appealed to the party’s foot soldiers to be patient, since they would be at all cost rewarded, adding that they should enter the communities to tell the people of the good things being done by the government to win their support.
Baba Jamal also called on members and executives of the NDC to put aside their differences and unite for a resounding victory at the 2012 polls.
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