The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for New Juaben North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Mr. Samuel Adongo, has promised to turn the constituency into an investment center.
According to him, there were many investment potentials within and outside the constituency that could inject a new economic, social and political advancement if well-tailored strategies were put in place.
According to the candidate, agribusiness contributed greatly to economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction in some developing countries, and that he would collaborate with foreign investors to elevate and strengthen the agriculture sector in the municipality, and the country at large.
Addressing the press after a unity walk, which was heavily participated by party sympathisers and other personalities from the arts and entertainment space, Mr. Adongo revealed that the party would put measures in place to revive the agricultural sector as it contributes to national income.
The young NDC parliamentary candidate, with a strong statistical background, indicated that there was a huge amount of land in the constituency that could be used for agricultural purposes to create sustainable food production in the country.
He said that his office would effectively work with the Koforidua Prison Service to help produce food to serve the Senior High Schools and other institutions in the constituency, through the use of the inmates on the farms.
“We will use inmates to do large scale farming in the constituency to provide food needs for the country,” he told the press.
Mr. Samuel Adongo stated that, despite the fact that the constituency had become the relatively personal property of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), his relationship with the constituents and contributions to the holistic development of the area gave him hope of winning the seat.
He continued that he had what it took to turn around the constituency if given the nod, adding that the party would effectively manage the economy and affairs of the state after winning Election 2024.
The Eastern Regional Organiser of the NDC, Mr. Hackman Kabore, accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of its plans to transfer people from unknown places to participate in the 2023 limited voters’ registration exercise in some selected constituencies in the region.
According to him, the NPP was planning to use some unconventional political strategy to transport people from other communities to register in the strongholds of the NDC in the region in an effort to gain political advantage.
Mr. Kabore said the district offices of the Electoral Commission would turn into a war zone if the NPP pursued its plan to bus people to participate in the limited voters’ registration exercise.
The Regional Organiser urged the party members to be vigilantes with the 2023 limited voters’ registration exercise to help overturn the plans by the NPP, as he urged all supporters of the party to participate in the exercise.
