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NPP/NDC factions unite behind
independent candidate
Akwatia (E/R), Aug. 4, Ghanadot/GNA– Factions of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
in the Akwatia constituency, have decided to throw their
weight behind Mr Basil Ahiable, aspiring independent
parliamentary candidate in the 2008 Election.
The factions that declared their support at a news
conference organized by the “Ahiable for Parliament Campaign
Team at Akwatia, however, indicated that they would vote for
their respective presidential candidates in the presidential
elections.
Assigning reasons for their intention, the groups, whose
statement was read by Mr Edward Apeadu, a former
constituency secretary of the NPP, said they had voted on
party lines from 1992 but had had nothing to boast of except
“Silent MPs in Parliament who had failed in their promise to
bring development and unity”.
They said Akwatia could not continue to be in that situation
hence the need for an independent parliamentary candidate in
the person of Mr Ahiable who was “vibrant, vocal and could
unite the people”.
Mr Apeadu and the spokesman for the NDC group, Mr Edward
Yiadom-Boakye, the party’s former youth organizer, said
there was no way they would resend their decision to support
the independent candidate.
The Communications Manager of the campaign team, Mr S. O.
Appiah, said it was significant to note that for once,
supporters of the two major parties in Ghana within the
constituency had come together to rally behind an
independent parliamentary candidate.
He said the paraphernalia displayed at the event attested to
the noble innovation which would go a long way to unite the
already polarized people in the constituency.
Mr Appiah spelled out a four-pronged approach which Mr
Ahiable would use in solving “the difficult situation in the
constituency, which included enhancing the interest of the
youth in education and setting up retention schemes for hard
working teachers in the constituency.
Others were personal contacts and government assistance to
diversify the economic activities in the constituency,
lobbying policy markers to add the constituency to their
development agenda and uniting the people for development.
A large number of supporters of Mr Ahiable attended the
function amidst singing, drumming and dancing.
GNA
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