Female parliamentary aspirant promises to re-capture seat

Ms Jackine Boatemaa Bonsu, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Aspirant for Nkoranza South in the Brong-Ahafo Region has promised to re-capture the seat from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

She said Nkoranza North and Nkoranza South constituencies remained a stronghold of the NPP and would therefore strive to win the seat back for the NPP.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview, at Nkoranza, Ms Bonsu appealed to the delegates to vote for her in the upcoming primaries, saying that, she would not only win the seat but also increase the party’s votes in the presidential election.

She is the only female candidate among five contestants, namely Messrs Haruna Awudu, Effah Donyinah, Joseph Takyi Djan and Charles Konadu Yiadom.

Ms Bonsu, a 29-year-old entrepreneur, promised to create avenues for farmers to easily access financial support to engage in commercial farming.

She said poverty was high in almost all the communities of the area, because many of the farmers, who want to go into commercial farming, lack the financial support.

Ms Bonsu if the farmers, especially the women, were supported to acquire farm inputs and implements, they would increase production.

She noted that Nkoranza had fertile lands for maize, yam, watermelon and other fruits like mango, but because many of the youth had no capital, they could not produce the crops in commercial quantities.

Ms Bonsu said improved access to ready market and standardized prices for the crops would also motivate many of the unemployed youth to go into agriculture.

She said girl-child education and health were other areas of her priority, and that, she would ensure all disadvantaged and marginalized people in the constituency gets registered under the National Health Insurance Scheme.

Ms Bonsu emphasized the importance of encouraging more women to engage in active politics, by voting for females who develop interest and contest elections, especially at the assembly and parliamentary levels.