NDC will champion community development in Anyaa Sowutoum – Adotey Allotey

Emmanuel Adotey Allotey, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Anyaa Sowutoum Constituency, says his vision is to offer “visible leadership” and ensure community development when voted as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area.

Allotey, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said he would make himself accessible to the constituents by setting up three offices at strategic areas within the constituency.

He said he would have offices at Awoshie Last Stop, Sowutoum Polo Junction, and Chantan Market areas. The offices, he said, would serve as meeting places for the constituents on community development.

“I will make myself available to pick up their concerns, ideas, and views and ensure they are represented on the floor of Parliament. I will also exhibit visible leadership by making sure I meet them very often, identifiable groups such as the Landlords Association, churches, mosques, market folks, GPRTU, and all the other groups. We will be meeting very often to discuss developmental issues,” he explained.

The aspiring lawmaker, as part of his seven developmental agenda for Anyaa Sowutoum, said he would help address the poor road networks, street lighting, and poor drainage systems in the constituency.

He noted that about 80 percent of the road network in the constituency was not motorable and said he would use his lobbying skills to have them fixed.

“The third agenda in my vision of community development is security and lighting. From Baah Yard to the far end, the streetlights are not working and that is posing a lot of danger to the people of Anyaa Sowutoum…we need to fix this. I am going to work with the Assembly and other agencies to ensure that our streetlights are working 24 hours to ensure safety,” he said.

Allotey pledged to engage the police in the establishment of police posts in remote areas of the constituency to boost night patrols and curb criminal activities. He said he also planned to establish an education fund to support brilliant pupils and students.

“We will be having what we call the ‘Anyaa Sowutoum Educational Fund’ where I would bring all the stakeholders to look for money to put in the fund. I will use the MP’s Common Fund as the seed capital…most of our people are aspiring to get higher levels of education, but finance has been their challenge. The educational fund will be used to support our people from all levels…”

He touched on job creation and skills training for unemployed youth within the constituency and his agenda to support women, particularly petty traders, street hawkers, single mothers, and widows with microcredit facilities to boost their businesses and support their families.

He urged the 135,000 voters in the constituency to vote for him as the next Member of Parliament for the transformation of Anyaa Sowutoum.

Emmanuel Adotey Allotey contested the Anyaa Sowutoum Constituency parliamentary election on the ticket of the NDC in 2020 and had 34,315 votes, representing 34.80 percent of the total votes cast.

He was re-elected as the Party’s Parliamentary Candidate in the 2023 NDC primaries to represent it in this year’s parliamentary elections.

Allotey was born on November 24, 1980, to Daniel K. Allotey and Felicia Noonufio among seven siblings and hails from Sempe, James Town in the Greater Accra Region. He had his secondary education at the Osu Presbyterian Secondary School and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry at the University of Ghana.

He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), a Master of Business Administration in Finance, and a Master of Arts in Economic Policy Management from the University of Ghana, and a Professional Accounting CA Level 2 from the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana.

Before venturing into politics, he worked as a Sales Executive at Barclays Bank, Treasury Sales, and Marketing Relationship Manager at Fidelity Bank. He is a Christian and married to Madam Mawufemor Nyonator, and together, they have four children.