Upper Denkyira East NPP Seat Under Threat

Cracks and division in the Upper DenkyiraEast NPP has forced a former Chairman of Young Elephants, Mr. Patrick Adu, to declare his intentions of contesting the parliamentary seat as an independent candidate for the constituency.

According to him, he had to take so much into considerations before arriving at such a decision.

Among them, he noted was the threat by members of the party to vote ‘skirt and blouse’ in the impending elections because of the inferior tactics the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Nana Amoako was playing with executives.

In a recent survey, it was realised that the gap between NDC and NPP was closing up, creating a lot of tension among members of the party.

The decrease of NPP’s vote to the character of the MP, and warned that until the MP steps down from contesting the seat on NPP ticket, NPP could lose the seat to the NDC in the upcoming elections.

That, coupled with pressure mounted on him by people of Upper Denkyira East, convinced him to contest the elections, since he could not stand to see NDC win the parliamentary elections.

Bro Pat, as he is popularly known has the backings of majority of the populace in the constituency and some chiefs.

He has therefore asked that he be voted to parliament to effect the change needed to improve their living standards.

On a good note, bro Pat said he entered the race not for his personal gains, but to seek the welfare of the ordinary person in the constituency.

Patrick Adu promised to run an open-policy administration where he would disclose his share of the MP's Common Fund to the people and discuss with them the needed projects to be undertaken

Mr. Patrick Adu who is also national patron, expressed his much concern in the development and uplifting the image of the Denkyira state just as any concern citizen; hence his keen interest to contest for the Parliamentary seat come 2016 election and asking all and sundry to support his course.