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NDC picks candidate for Chereponi by-election
Chereponi (NR), Sept. 6, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr. Samuel Abulai
Jabanyiti, a 36-year-old Teacher at the Chereponi Senior High
School in the Northern Region, has been elected by the ruling
National Democratic Congress (NDC) to contest the Chereponi
Parliamentary Seat.
Mr. Jabanyiti polled 117 votes to beat three contestants to win
the primary election organised by the NDC and conducted by the
Electoral Commission at Chereponi.
His closest rival, Mr. Emmanuel Kando, a Presiding Member of the
Chereponi District Assembly and a health worker had nine votes,
Madam Mary Nakobu; a teacher polled four votes, while Mr.
Jaminja Ndaka got two votes.Mr. Jabanyiti expressed optimism
that the NDC would wrestle the seat from the NPP saying: “The
wind of change swinging everywhere is an indication that the
people of Chereponi would want to be associated with the ruling
party for effective development planning for the constituency.”
He said when given the nod, his priority attention would be the
improvement of agriculture and education to raise the living
standards of the people.
Mr. Jabanyiti said 80 per cent of his share of the MP’s Common
fund would be channelled to scholarships to students and
teachers in the constituency.
He appealed to the constituents to vote wisely for the NDC to
complete its “I care for you” development agenda.
Mr. Jabanyiti appealed to the rank and file of the party to see
his victory as a challenge to the unity of the NDC and should
discard ethnic politics since Chereponi is bigger than any
ethnic co0nsideration.
Mr. Kando assured the party of the unflinching support of the
defeated candidates to ensure that the seat is won by the NDC.
He said there would be team work to ensure massive victory for
the party and appealed for a clean campaign devoid of insults so
that the by-election was devoid of violence.
The seat became vacant following the death of Mrs Doris Seidu,
Member
of Parliament for the main opposition New Patriotic Party at the
Korle-bu Teaching Hospital in Accra in July.
GNA
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