Vote for NDC to turn economy around - Tackie-Komme

Accra, Aug. 26, GNA - Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie-Komme, Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, has reiterated the call to electorates to vote for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December 2008 election to turn the economy around for the better.

He made the call at the lunch of his one-week visitation to markets centres, lorry stations, churches, mosques and other public places as part of an inter-personal campaign at the Agbobloshie Market in Accra. Nii Tackie-Komme, who is the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the area flanked by the constituency executives, stated that a government of

the NDC would invest in the people and create jobs for the youth. The MP noted that, the idea for the interpersonal campaign was to reach out to all electorates at the grassroots and interacted with them in order to serve their needs better if elected the MP.

He expressed concern about the economic difficulties facing Ghanaians and called on the market women, who mobbed him in their attempt to get a handshake from the MP at the Agbogbloshie market, to exercise their franchise "productively" by voting for Professor John Evans Atta-Mills, Presidential candidate of the NDC and him as the MP.

Nii Tackie-Komme, accompanied by a large number of NDC supporters, appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) to discharge its constitutional mandate in a neutral manner by ensuring a free and fair election.

He also urged the EC to prepare well for the elections by ensuring that all the material needed for a successful exercise was ready to enable all registered voters to exercise their franchise in a responsible way devoid of violence.

The Constituency Chairman of the party, Mr Daniel Okai, urged the party supporters to rally solidly behind the MP to retain the seat for the NDC and indicated that a government under Prof Atta-Mills would need the support of as many NDC MPs as possible to enable him to push his programme to rescue the economy.

He noted that after the recent registration exercise, the EC was engaged in what it called "protocol registration" at its headquarters and asked the Commission to explain whether the exercise was carried out with party agents present.

Mr Okai, again, called on the Commission to furnish the parties with the lists of those it registered at its head office, indicating where they would be transferred to, to avoid difficulties when the register was opened for public scrutiny.