Okudzeto is Radio MP

From Samuel Agbewode, Juapong.
The independent parliamentary candidate for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Mr. Christopher Eleblu, has lashed at the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, saying he does not make himself available to the people.

Labeling Mr. Okudjeto as an ‘MP on paper’, Mr. Ebeblu explained that the only times the people were privileged to see him were during his appearances on radio and television programmes, as well as electioneering campaigns.

Mr. Eleblu anticipated defeat for the Deputy Education Minister in the December polls, as the people have openly declared their support for him.

The support, he stated, was a demonstration of the change they had longed for all this while, tying his conviction to the fact that he had lived with the people, and, as such, could testify to their development difficulties.

Addressing a large crowd of supporters after a health walk he organised for supporters at Juapong, which saw thousands of people in attendance, the independent candidate gave the assurance to meet the needs of the people, when voted for, come December 7.

Mr. Eleblu emphasised that long before he conceived the idea of becoming an MP, he was involved in a number of community development activities, including the building of classroom blocks and putting up of accommodation for teachers with his own money.

Mr. Eleblu realised that open defecation was the order of the day in most parts of the constituency, due to lack of public places of convenience, but that was the least of the worries of the MP.

“This is not the type of MP that North Tongu needs, and I promise you, when you vote for me, I will not abandon you and come to you only when it is time for another election. I have a responsibility to interact and share ideas with you, who voted for me, and I will also not give you GH¢20 with the aim of getting your votes, as is being done, but will equip you to enrich yourselves.

Yes! I will teach you how to fish, rather than to give you fish,” he stressed.