Women group in Wassa Amenfi West Constituency in the Western North Region has called on all NPP delegates to endorse the candidature of Mr. Kofi Asante, chief executive officer, Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Computer(GIFEC) to lead the elephant party in the area.
According to them, Mr. Kofi Asante’s endorsement will definitely bring victory to the party in the 2020 general elections.
Reasons being that, Mr. Kofi Asante’s enormous contributions toward the development of Wassa Amenfi West Constituency and Ghana at large cannot be underestimated.
The women group made it clear that, Mr Kofi Asante has been supportive to people in the area, especially women and children.
He is selfless, dedicated, committed and hard working.
Background
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Computer (GIFEC), filed his nomination forms to contest for the New Patriotic Party’s primary slated for today, September 28, 2019.
Mr. Kofi ofi Asante was the National Democratic Congress’ Parliamentarian for Wassa Amenfi West Constituency, but resigned after two years and defected to the New Patriotic Party later.
He is contesting with three others to represent the NPP in the 2020 Parliamentary elections.
Political analysts and various surveys conducted put him ahead of the other contestants.
A group calling itself “Friends of Kofi Asante” paid for his filing fee of twenty thousand Ghana cedis (20,000gh cedis) and also organized a mammoth float from Melody Hotel to the Party Office in Asankrangwa where they were met on arrival by the three-member Vetting Committee who scrutinized his papers, bank draft of face value twenty thousand Ghana cedis and after, confirmed him waiting for the vetting process soon.
Mr. Asante, when he emerges winner in the contest will be the first Ghanaian to win Parliamentary seat from the two major parties in the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
He was accompanied by almost all the NPP delegates in the Wassa Amenfi West Constituency, followed by huge sympathisers from the Melody Hotel to grace the occasion at the party office at Asankrangwa.
After his nomination forms were accepted, his supporters took to the streets to jubilate for the first step success.
Source :broadcastergh.com/Ayisah Foster
