Atiwa East MP targets 85% of votes for NPP in Dec 7 elections

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Atiwa East constituency has vowed to win at least 85% of valid votes for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

Mrs Abena Osei-Asare, who doubles as a Deputy Minister of Finance, made this known when the National Women’s Organiser of the NPP, Kate Gyamfua, visited the constituency.

According to the MP, described by many as smart, hardworking and an excellent public servant, she is convinced that the voter turnout in the constituency this year will hit 90% and that the NPP will win at least 85% of the valid votes because of the performance of the government.

“We have increased school feeding beneficiary schools in Atiwa East from 3 to 39 under the NPP government. We have helped a lot of young people get jobs, enlistment in the security services, and created the environment for entrepreneurs to thrive. We have made agriculture attractive again.

"We are seeing the biggest infrastructure investment in the constituency under the NPP. We have better roads, access to electricity, upgraded schools and we have the 100-bed hospital and the upgrading of the Enyiresi hospitals underway. I have served you with diligence and I urge you to do it better than we did in 2016. Let’s vote to enable Nana Akufo-Addo continue to awesome work he is doing with us,” she said.

The National Women’s Organiser encouraged the people of Atiwa East to go out in their numbers to retain Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the NPP government.

She emphasised that the NPP government has rolled out a lot of programmes like the Free SHS, Planting for Food and Jobs, health insurance scheme, school feeding and many others.