Seth Kwame Acheampong exchanged pleasantries with the newly elected Assembly Members.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong has urged Assembly Members of the Achiase and Birim South Districts Assembly to form unified ties with their District Chief Executives.
According to him, once the assembly members support their District, Municipal, and Metropolitan Chief Executives in discharging their duties accordingly it would help in the development of their respective areas and the country.
Seth Kwame Acheampong was pleased over how the practice of democracy which allows one to express his or her views in a national discourse has been a tool for nation-building.
He noted that 30 years of practicing democracy in Ghana after gaining independence had also helped Ghanaians most especially in criticising and commending the government of the day.
The minister seized the opportunity and congratulated the assembly members elect and urged them to contribute their quota towards the development of both the Birim South and Achiase District assemblies respectively.
On Monday, February 12, 2024, 259 out of the 261 Assembly Members were inducted into the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies across the country to commence work till 2027.
Frank Asiedu Bekoe, Parliamentary Candidate Elect- Suhum Constituency.
The New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate for Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region, Frank Asiedu Bekoe who is well known in the political terrain as ‘Protozoa’ has called for unity among party members in the area.
Asiedu Bekoe said although delegates have their preferred candidates during the primaries, the most important thing is ensuring there’s peace and harmony among the NPP fraternity at the constituency level.
According to him, if they go into the 2024 election with bitterness, and disunity among others there is no way they can increase their votes in the Suhum constituency and maintain the Parliamentary seat for the NPP.
Frank Bekoe further stated that chaos and misunderstanding retarded development, hence NPP members in the area should forgo their differences and come on board and rally behind the party to clinch victory in both Presidential and Parliamentary seats.
Frank Asiedu Bekoe was speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN OBOH when he embarked on a Thanksgiving Service after his victory on January 27, 2024, where he worshipped with Churches in the Nankese Zone of the constituency.
Protozoa seized the opportunity and pleaded with the Suhum constituents to vote massively for him and their Flag bearer, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia to win the December 7, 2024, general elections for governance that will be of beneficiary to all.
Some of the Churches he visited in the Nankese Zone include The Church of Pentecost, The Methodist Church of Ghana, The Apostolic Church-Ghana, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, and last but not least 7th Day Sabbath Assemblies.
He further revealed that his decision to contest the Suhum Parliamentary Seat stems from remarks made about him by some clergy and opinion leaders of Nankese.
Frank Asiedu Bekoe then entreated his followers to stop mocking the other parliamentary aspirants who lost his bid indicating that doing so would breed hatred and disunity among members of the party.
Dr. Kingsley Agyeman presenting the trophy to KISHTS
The Kibi Senior High Technical School in the Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region has been crowned as the 2024 ultimate winner of the second edition of the Kingsley Inter-High School debate.
They went into the grand finale competition with Abuakwa State College and debated on the motion: J.B Danquah’s ideological contributions have played a defining role in shaping the socio-political and cultural landscape of Ghana.
Abuakwa State College was for the motion while the Kibi Senior High Technical School was against the motion.
Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the Parliamentary Candidate for Abuakwa South Constituency, Dr. Kingsley Agyeman who spearheaded the program commended both students from the two schools for being able to argue and defended everything they said about the late Joseph Boakye Danquah.
Dr. Agyeman described the late Danquah as someone who dedicated himself to fighting the colonial masters against something that didn’t help Ghanaians.
According to The Abuakwa South NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate who doubles as the Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, the late Joseph Boakye Danquah believes that they can use a gradual process and dialogue to sack our colonial masters without using weapons, indicating that it got to a time he could have left the country but refused and went through a lot before he died on February 4, 1965.
The Winners.
He then noted that the legacy of Dr. J. B. Danquah can never be undermined, because he played a key role in ensuring that Ghana freed herself from the white men, a feat, which contributed to the development of Ghana.
“Danquah died 59 years ago but today we are here remembering and talking about him because he lived a good life, which is why everyone needs to live an impactful life”, stated Dr. Kingsley Agyeman.
He then advised Ghanaians to live a legacy life so that when they are no longer the unborn generation will also come and read about them.
All six students who took part in the debate received one laptop each with an undisclosed amount of money.
Barbara Sampana, Women Org. – Akuapem South Constituency.
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP), Women Organizer for Akuapem South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Barbara Sampana expressed her frustration over the suspension of its parliamentary primary.
She said the suspension of the constituency poll coupled with the party’s continuous silence on rescheduling a date for the exercise is a development that is unhealthy for Akuapem South and the NPP’s national front at large.
The NPP, before its nationwide primaries on January 27, 2024, to elect parliamentary candidates at constituencies where it has sitting Members of Parliaments suspended the poll of some areas including Akuapem South over issues of court injunction among others.
Commenting on the matter, Madam Sampana expressed that neither an official communique nor a new date has been communicated to the leadership of the constituency on holding their polls to elect a parliamentary candidate.
According to the Women Organiser, the absence of a Parliamentary Candidate for the area is not only affecting their campaign within the constituency but also their inability to sell the party’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the people without a parliamentary candidate.
She then admonished the National Executive of the party to fastrack their discussions around the affected constituencies amid resolving all issues at hand to pave the way for them to go to the polls to elect a leader to lead the area for the forthcoming December 7, 2024, general elections.
Barbara Sampana used the opportunity and entreated the party faithful in the area to exercise some patience as the leadership of the party will soon fix a new date for its primary.
The Kyebi Kpanohene of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council in the Eastern Region, Nana Kwadjo Opare popularly known as SIMPLE BIRDMAN has registered his displeasure about the continued change of government in the country every eight years.
According to him, changing governments after every 8-year retards the development of the country.
“If the government in power uses the state money to commence a project and loses the elections, the next government that takes over does not continue let alone complete it. This causes financial loss to the state which is very worrying,” he stated.
He however noted that “If a government is maintained, there wouldn’t be any need to fund a new project from scratch as the incumbent government will have no option but to complete the previous ones they have started.”
Nana Opare, against this backdrop, believes will help the country in developmental projects and help in its progress.
He explained that although change is very paramount in every aspect of life, change of power should be considered based on underperformance and failure to execute promises.
The Kyebi Kpanohene was speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH when he made the assertion.
The traditional ruler who doubles as the CEO of Simple Birdman Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization, said Ghana will see transformation in development once Ghanaians inculcate the habit of maintaining a performing government of the day and be devoid of political motivation.
The Parliamentary Candidate for the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Fanteakwa South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Kingsley Owusu Newman has applauded the flagbearer of the party John Dramani Mahama for his plans for Small Scale Miners in the country.
Mr. Mahama has promised that the next NDC government under his watch will ensure that all the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies get offices of the Minerals Commission.
This, he said will propel Small Scale Miners to do their land documents to enable them to carry out their work peacefully.
He added that doing so will end issues where miners have to travel long distances to the Minerals Commission office in Accra to do their land documents registered and other documentation.
The promise also contains that he would make available mining expertise to monitor their operations to make sure they do not pollute the water bodies.
Reacting to these policies, the Fanteakwa South NDC Parliamentary Candidate said, the former President has proven that he is a father for all that puts the welfare of the people first before any other things are considered.
Kingsley Owusu Newman, NDC P.C- Fanteakwa South Constituency.
Kingsley Newman Adu further commended Mr. Mahama for his decision not to burn the miners’ excavators likewise the NPP government when ceased rather would be used to transform back the destroyed lands and other natural resources.
He told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH at Nsutem during John Dramani Mahama’s BUILDING GHANA WE WANT two-day Eastern tour where he engaged the Small Scale Miners and Timber Contractors Association to listen to the challenges confronting their work and plans he had for them when elected President in 2024.
The Parliamentary candidate added “If we fulfill this promise it will create many job opportunities for the youth because the main source of work in Fanteakwa South is mining” and indicated “When the youth get jobs it helps reduce the unemployment and crime rates in our various communities.”
He then seized the opportunity and pleaded with the Fanteakwa South constituents to vote for him come December 7, 2024, because he has put in place measures that will help transform and develop the area.
Richard Antwire, A former Assistant Secretary- New Juaben North Constituency.
A former Assistant Secretary for the New Patriotic Party in New Juaben North in the Eastern Region, Richard Antwire has opened up on why he redrawn his candidature from the contest
He explained that he prepared himself well for the parliamentary primaries but two candidates from Oyoko [ himself and Philip Twum] showed interest in contesting the New Juaben North Parliamentary seat because their sitting Member of Parliament, Nana Adjei Boateng did not seek re-election.
He said that in this case, he concluded that Oyoko cannot present two candidates at the same time hence his decision to bow out peacefully.
According to Richard Atwire, the residents of Oyoko said it was their time to occupy the Parliamentary seat, therefore they should give only one candidate so he pleaded with his brother Philip Twum to step down to enable him to support him win the seat because he has worked in the Constituency for over 20 years and he is well known by many people but he [Philip Twum] could not agree.
“So when I asked him to step down and he refused I had no option but to reconsider my decision to join the Parliamentary primaries race; hence my bowing out of the competition”, he revealed.
Richard Antwire made this known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an exclusive interview after their Parliamentary primaries held on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Meanwhile, Philip Twum had only 3 votes after the elections.
He further added that he was not afraid to go into the contest with his Brother Philip Twum, but the research he hired people to do for him indicated if Philip Twum could not step down and go into the elections it was not going to help him.
He then stated that now that the delegates of New Juaben North have decided and elected Nana Osei Adjei as their new Parliamentary Candidate they are all going to work tirelessly to support him retain the seat for NPP in the area.
“I have called and congratulated my brother Nana Osei Adjei for emerging victorious and he has also asked me to come and help him and I have agreed to work with him to ensure we maintain the New Juaben North parliamentary seat for NPP,” he revealed.
At the end of the primaries, the Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong had 183 while Nana Osei Adjei polled 253 votes to emerge victorious.
The other three candidates were Samson Kwesi Annor with 2 votes, Philip Twum Yeboah with 3 votes, and Joseph Osei Djaba gained 47 votes.
Nana Ampaw Addo Frimpong, P.C. Elect- Abuakwa North Constituency.
Nana Ampaw Addo Frimpong, popularly known as Chief Buffalo in the political cycle has unseated the current Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region in the New Patriotic Party’s ended Parliamentary primaries.
He polled 222 votes as against Gifty Twum Ampofo’s 202 votes while Palgrave Boakye Danquah had 76 votes and Nana Kwame Mamfe also managed to secure 4 votes.
Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the newly elected Abuakwa North Parliamentary Candidate, Nana Addo Frimpong shows appreciation to the delegates for glorifying him and allowing him to come and lead the party into the December 7, 2024 Ghana’s general elections.
He assured them that he would not let them down, assuring them to fulfill all the promises he made to them to enable them to give him the nod and represent the area in Parliament after the general election.
Chief Buffalo admonished his supporters not to hoot at anybody because they all belong to one family.
“But the most important thing we have to do now is to give respect to our sitting MP and rally our support behind her to do her work well because if we do that it will help me to continue her good works for the good people of Abuakwa North”, he added.
He further said that he had come at the right time to rescue the seat because the 2020 election result they got in the Abuakwa North was not encouraging and thus he is bringing in new energy to increase their vote margin.
He then pleaded with the Abuakwa North constituents to come out in their numbers and come December 7, 2024, to vote for him to win the Parliamentary seat and replicate the same votes for Dr. Alhaji Bawumia as well to become the president.
Kwame Appiah Kodua, P.C Elect- Fanteakwa North Constituency.
The Director of Eastern Regional National Disaster Management Organization(NADMO)Kwame Appiah Kodua has unseated the sitting Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region in the just-ended Parliamentary primaries.
The NPP held its nationwide primaries on Saturday, January 24, 2024, at constituencies where it has sitting MPs.
At Fanteakwa North, Mr. Appiah Kodua garnered 329 votes against the incumbent MP, Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah’s 137 votes. Barbara Makara-Maccugen also polled 208 votes while Gabriel Kesse-Yeboah and Rev. Dr. David Twum Antwi had 2 votes each respectively.
Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the newly Fanteakwa North Parliamentary Candidate elect, Kwame Kodua thanked all and sundry who diversely contributed to his victory, especially the delegates for having confidence in him and giving him the nod to lead them into the December 7, 2024 general elections.
He thus noted that since the election is over, everyone should forgo their differences and come on board and work with him to maintain the Fanteakwa North parliamentary seat for the NPP.
“Now that I have been elected as the new Parliamentary Candidate for Fanteakwa North, we are going to embark on a gargantuan campaign to win the election convincingly in both Parliamentary and Presidential,” a confident NADMO director assured.
Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, newly elected P.C- Abuakwa South Constituency.
The delegates of Abuakwa South Constituency in the Eastern Region on Saturday, January 27, 2024, elected the Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang as its Parliamentary Candidate to lead them into the upcoming 2024 general elections.
Dr. Kingsley Agyemang had 563 votes to win the parliamentary primaries over his main contender Lawyer Gloria Ofori Boadu with 29 votes.
Addressing the party’s faithful in Asiakwa, Dr. Agyemang shows his heartfelt gratitude to the delegates for having confidence in him and voting massively for him to take them to the promised land.
“Now that we are done with the Parliamentary Primaries the big task ahead of us is to go out there and work hard for Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia to win the Presidential seat”, added Dr. Agyemang.
He was of the view that if he wins the parliamentary slot and Dr. Bawumia also wins the presidential seat they will work hand in hand to make Abuakwa South swim in infrastructure projects.
“We will only see more of these developmental projects I have been doing in Abuakwa South should we maintain power in 2024 that is why the NPP members need to involve themselves in the campaign and help Dr. Bawumia to win the elections”, he indicated.
He also recognized the effort of the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Abuakwa South Constituency, Samuel Atta Kyea who didn’t seek reelection, and all the other leaders who contributed immensely towards the development of the constituency.
Following his victory, he and his entourage paid a courtesy call to Asiakwahene, Daasebre Twum Ampofo II to officially introduce himself to Nanaanom that he had been elected as the new Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency.
Daasebre Twum Ampofo II told Dr. Kingsley Agyemang he had won the December 7, 2024 elections already but when given the power and become the Member Of Parliament for the area, he should uphold it with care and accord everybody the needed respect.
The Asiakwahene adds, is not everybody who helps his people to better their standard of living when they get an appointment from the government but Kingsley Agyemang is not like that, and he believes if he becomes the MP he will help transform and develop Abuakwa South because they know what he is capable of doing.
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