Party followers, including delegates, in the Asuogyaman Constituency in the Eastern Region have picked nomination forms for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzide, to contest in the upcoming primary.
The CEO, a native of Asuogyaman, who has lived and worked as a teacher in the constituency, was performing a sod-cutting ceremony at Senchi for the construction of an Astroturf park when the supporters went to the party office to pick up the forms on his blindside and presented them to him at the ceremony.
According to the party members, identified as “Friends of Pius”, they were calling on him to help secure the seat, which the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 elections, adding that Pius was vibrant and could win the seat back for the party in the 2024 General Elections.
Mr. Hadzide, after receiving the forms, thanked the youth for calling upon him to contest the seat.
Addressing the crowd and the chiefs of the area, he expressed his vision to “transform the community and empower my people.”
He also pledged to attract businesses to the area to enhance the overall quality of life for its residents.
Pius Enam Hadzide was born on 14 June 1979. He attended Bishop Herman College at Kpando, where he earned his West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) certificate. After that, he attended Accra Technical University, then Accra Polytechnic, and later the University of Cape Coast.
Hadzide is also an alumnus of the Theodor Heuss Academy of Leadership in Gummersbach, Germany. He is currently studying for an LLB from the University of London.
He worked with the President’s Special Initiative on Distance Learning (PSI-DL) as Subject Co-ordinator for Science before moving on to become Business Development Manager for the advertising and media buying giant, Akroma Limited.
He also worked as the General Manager of Ideas Advertising Limited before venturing into politics and public service.
In 2012, Hadzide was the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for Ketu North in the Volta Region.
He served briefly as a Deputy Communications Director for the NPP, before being appointed Campaign Aide to the then flagbearer and now President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in 2015.
In 2017, Pius Hadzide was named Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports. In November 2018, he was reassigned and became Deputy Information Minister.
