As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) gears for its nationwide parliamentary primaries on Saturday, one of the sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Greater Accra Region is determined to retain his seat and lead the campaign to ‘break the eight’ for the party.
Mr Moses Anim, MP for Trobu and Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has made it clear in an interview that he has served the party very well at the constituency, regional and national levels, for which he deserves another term.
He urged the delegates to do him the honour by electing him as the parliamentary candidate on Saturday, to retain the seat for the NPP.
The MP for Trobu said he has served the people in the constituency very well and is providing for their needs, regardless of the post Covid challenges.
According to Mr Anim, his constituency, which used to be part of the hitherto Ga Rural district, can no longer be regarded as such because of the rebuilding of social infrastructure in Trobu.
He said he has managed with his share of the Common Fund and support from the government and donors, as well as from his resourcefulness to provide health, education, water and sanitation and road infrastructure, to open up the constituency to the rest of the country.
The MP named some of the projects he has executed in the health sector to include the Amamorley hospital, provided equipment for the Atiato, Pokuase Anglican and Amanfrom clinics. He said he has also donated clinical equipment to the Ga North Municipal hospital at Ofankor, power plant to the Ga North Municipal hospital, patient monitors to Amasaman hospital and a printer and canning machine to the Ga North Health Directorate.
In the education sector, Mr Anim named some of the projects as; furniture for basic schools and the St John’s Grammar SHS and the provision of nursery blocks with GETFUND support at Afiaman Basic School, Abensu, Nii Otoo Kwame Basic School, Ofankor MA Basic school and a nursery complex at Usman Bon.
Others are six classroom blocks at the Sylvanus Basic School at Pokuase, Atiato Basic School and Amamorley Basic School, as well as one storey six classroom blocks at the St Joseph’s Basic School, M7 Basic School, as well as nursery blocks at the Ayawaso Quarry Basic School and Asofan Basic School which are ongoing.
He said through his initiatives, he was able to secure GETFUND scholarships for some tertiary students in the constituency.
Mr Anim said roads in the constituency have not been neglected, as he was able to secure support for asphaltic overlay from GOIL filling station at Tantra to Fishpond, Mile Seven and New Achimota to Achimota Neoplan, linking Nii Boi Town, Ofankor roundabout to Asofan and Ofankor Atta Mills junction, through Sowutuom to the N1 highway.
He named other road works to include bituminous sealing from Atiato Pokuase Awoshie junction, through Atiato to White House at Agya Herbal, John Teye branch road through Franco Estate, to link Pokuase Kwabeny road, Victoria College road linking High Speed school through to Pokuase cemetery.
The Sowutuom road branching to Mensah Addo school through Omanjor to Omanjor lorry station and the three junction through Ga Odumase to Ga Odumase Amamorley junction linking the Pokuase Awoshie highway and the Pokusse Festus through Amanfrom to link Three junction to Ga Odumase Amamorley road.
He also mentioned some ongoing road projects to include; Pokuase to Nsakyi road, Abensu junction to Abensu to Allosam, Pokuase Mayera junction through Afiaman Mayera Adusa road, Fise Railway crossing through W O and linking Mericrescent School to Transformer at Amanfrom.
Seven Days road to link Asofan, Fried Rice Junction to Apedwa House road and Yellow House roads to link the Ofankor cemetery road.
Touching on water supply, Mr Anim mentioned the provision of boreholes at Fise near the Mericrescent School, Abensu Agric quarters, boreholes at Afiaman Olympic stadium, Adofan Mother Rebecca community, Ofankor, near Church of Rabbi and Asofan Yahwe community.
The MP said he has also initiated storm drains and bridges projects to address the floods menace and accessibility in the constituency, saying ” these projects, which are at various stages of completion are located at Ofankor North, Ofankor Cocoa Powder, Tantra Rockster Factory to link the Muus Timber Market to the Ofankor cemetery.
Mr Anim said as at 2016, fairly good roads in his constituency were only nine percent, but by 2020, this had gone up to 30 percent indicating that because he had initiated many projects, he deemed it necessary to offer himself again to represent Trobu in Parliament from 2025.
Mr Anim said he also spearheaded the recruitment of some youth to work in government institutions in the country and companies working on construction projects in the country.
He appealed to the delegates to renew his mandate to continue to represent Trobu in Parliament because, “I am convinced I have served them well. Please do not change someone who understands your needs and aspirations, “he appealed to the NPP delegates.
