Tema NPP jubilates....

....over President's nominee as MCE

Supporters of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Friday paraded the principal streets of Tema to jubilate over the nomination of Mr Samuel Evans Ashong Narh as the Municipal Chief Executive for Tema.

Mr Narh, a 58 year-old mechanical engineer and contractor was the former Production Manager of Ghana Cement Works Limited (GHACEM).

The supporters, some of who carried placards, which read, "No more divisiveness, unity all the way," "Municipal development under Narh is sure," "God bless our President" and "TMA-you have a God chosen man" finally converged at the forecourt of the Tema Municipal Assembly. Addressing the supporters, Mr Kwesi Kyei, Tema East Constituency Organiser of the NPP said the demonstration is purely in support of President John Agyekum Kufuor's choice after a long anxiety over who would be the mayor of Tema.

The race for the position has been a stiff contest between Mr Narh and Mr David Ashong of Kpone. Mr Kyei said all the four constituencies in Tema met and decided that whoever is appointed the mayor would be respected and supported by all of them.

The jubilation should, therefore, not be seen as a victory for Mr Narh alone but the entire NPP and expressed the hoped that the Assembly would approve the President's nomination when the time comes.

The election of a Presiding member of the 79 member-assembly has been postponed twice due to the failure of the contesting candidates to obtain the mandatory two-thirds majority of the votes.