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Akufo-Addo Visits Aowin, Jomoro Registration Centres

By Myjoyonline.com | NPP Communication Directorate
Politics Akufo-Addo Visits Aowin, Jomoro Registration Centres
MAY 2, 2016 LISTEN

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, May 1, visited registration centres in the Aowin and Jomoro constituencies as part of his monitoring of the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.

In the company of the acting NPP General Secretary, John Boadu; National Women’s Organiser, Otiko Afisa Djaba; Campaign Manager, Peter Mac Manu; NPP parliamentary candidate for Aowin, Samuel Adu Gyamfi; and acting NPP Western Regional Chairman, Francis Ndede Siah, and other Western Regional NPP executives, Nana Akufo-Addo visited a total of 4 polling stations spread across the two constituencies.

At Nkwanta, Nana Akufo-Addo visited the D/C primary school registration centre, where he was mobbed by the town’s youth.

Visibly excited at the presence of the NPP flagbearer in their town, the youth told Nana Akufo-Addo that they have put their hopes in him, and were going to vote for him so that they could get jobs in the future.

The EC registration official, Isaac Djan, told the NPP flagbearer that a total of 34 first time voters had registered since the exercise began, with the majority of registrants being between the ages of 18 and 19.

At Enchi-Sewum, Nana Akufo-Addo visited the R/C JHS registration centre, where Mr Eric Larweh, the EC officer, also spoke about a small turnout, with only 49 persons registered in the first 3 days of the exercise.

In between the visits to the centres, Nana Akufo-Addo made brief stops at Boinso and Mocherkrom, where he interacted with residents of the two villages. He urged them to repose their confidence in him and the NPP's parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Samuel Adu Gyamfi.

"I want you to trust me and your candidate, Samuel Adu Gyamfi, and vote for us this year. I assure you that we are not coming to steal the nation's money. We are coming to do a job for Ghana, which will ensure that we bring progress and prosperity to every corner of the country," he said.

At the Jema R/C primary school registration centre, Akufo-Addo's last stop in the constituency, he interacted with EC officials and NPP polling agents, who stated that the process had been smooth thus far, with no hitches recorded. Mr. Eric Mannah, the EC officer at the centre, indicated that a total of 100 new voters had been registered, with 19 new registrations having already taken place at the time of Akufo-Addo's visit.

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In the Jomoro constituency, Akufo-Addo, accompanied by the NPP parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Paul Essien, visited the Assikofi Square (B) centre, at Elubo, where, as at 12:22pm, only 2 persons had been registered. This was, according to the EC officer-in-charge, Ms. Doris Arthur, because registration had to be temporarily suspended due to the breakdown of the biometric voter registration device early in the morning. A backup device was only secured a few minutes prior to the arrival of the NPP flagbearer. Nonetheless, a total of 122 voters had been registered at the centre since April 28, when the exercise began.

He commended NPP agents at these centres for their heightened levels of vigilance since the exercise commenced, and urged them to continue in the same vein until the end of the exercise.

Ben Kwaw laid to rest
On Saturday, April 30, Nana Akufo-Addo joined hundreds of mourners at Enchi to pay his last respects to the late acting NPP Western Regional Chairman, Ben Kwaw, who passed away on February 8, 2016.

Addressing mourners at the Calvary Methodist Church in Enchi, Nana Akufo-Addo eulogized the memory of the late Chairman, outlining the significant contributions he made in ensuring that the NPP regained its rightful place as the dominant party in the Region in the 2016 elections. He urged NPP members in the region to work hard for victory in honour of the late Ben Kwaw.

Together, with the leadership of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo donated GH¢20,000 to the family of the late acting Western Regional Chairman.

Present at the funeral were Freddie Blay, acting National Chairman; Otiko Afisa Djaba, NPP National Women’s Organiser; Peter Mac Manu, NPP Campaign Manager; Hon. Joe Ghartey, MP, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Hon. Eugenia Gifty Kusi, MP for Tarkwa Nsuaem; Hon. Francis Addai Nimo, MP for Mampong; Hon. Stephen Asamoah Boateng, former Minister for Information; Hon. Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, former Minister for Trade and Industry; Hon. J.B. Aidoo, former Western Regional Minister; Hon. Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, NPP parliamentary candidate for Sefwi Wiawso; Hon. Joe Badoe Ansah, MP for Kwesimintisim; Samuel Adu Gyamfi, NPP parliamentary candidate for Aowin; Mireku Duker, NPP parliamentary candidate for Tarkwa Nsuaem; Francis Ndede Siah, acting NPP Western Regional Chairman; Charles Bissue, NPP Western Regional Secretary; Abdul Ganiyu, NPP Western Regional Organiser; Golly Antwi Boasiako, NPP Western Regional Women’s Organiser; Samuel Boadi Ebbah, NPP Aowin Constituency Chairman, and other constituency executives, amongst others.

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