Ablekuma West NPP Secretary calls for massive endorsement of incumbent MP

Fred Tetteh Mills, the Assistant Secretary of the New Patriotic Party in the Ablekuma West Constituency, has called on party delegates and executives to endorse the candidature of the current Member of Parliament for the area.

This, he said, would send a strong signal to opposition parties about the strength of the party ahead of the December 7, general elections.

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the MP for the area, is expected to contest in the upcoming primaries of the party, slated for Saturday, June 20 unopposed.

In an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Monday, Mr Mills said the MP’s development projects in the constituency placed her above any candidate to be presented by opposition parties.

He said even though the MP was contesting the slot unopposed, receiving an overwhelming support from all qualified delegates and constituency executives would further brighten her chances of retaining the seat for the party in the upcoming general elections.

“When you talk about Ablekuma West, our MP, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful has done so much for the constituency and the constituents can actually attest to that.

“Lots of the bad roads in the constituency have been fixed and a lot more are still in the process of being fixed. A lot of education facilities have been developed. The Ebenezer High School for instance, a lot has been given to them, including a library. Currently, there is an 18-unit classroom block, a three-story building being constructed at Dansoman Last Stop, among others.” he said.

Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, who is also the Minister of Communications, has been the MP for the area for the past eight years, winning the seat for the NPP in the 2012 elections.

On preparations being made ahead of the primaries on Saturday, Mr Mills said constituency executives have put in place measures to reduce the number of delegates at polling stations in adherence to the COVID-19 protocols

To this effect, he said, the primaries would be held at all ten electoral areas within the constituency to ensure that the social distance protocol was observed.

A total of 650 delegates, 18 constituency executives, five patrons and five Council of Elders are expected to acclaim the candidature of the incumbent MP.

He urged party faithful to remain united and ensure that it retained the seat come December 7.

On Saturday, June 20, the NPP is expected to hold parliamentary primaries for the 168 constituencies where it has sitting MPs.

Out of this number 20 are in the Greater Accra Region.

Sixty-five candidates are expected to contest unopposed, of which seven are in the Greater Accra Region.

They include: Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the incumbent MP for Ablekuma West; Mr Henry Quartey, the sitting MP for Ayawaso Central; Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, the MP for Ledzokuku and Mr Abu-Bakar Saddique Boniface, the MP for Madina.

The rest are: Mr Patrick Yaw Boamah, the MP for Okaikwei Central; Mr Moses Anim, the MP for Trobu; and Madam Tina Gifty Naa Ayeley Mensah, the incumbent MP for Weija-Gbawe.