[ 2015-04-27 ]

Clement Apaak Going To Parliament
Many political pundits and social commentators
have already tipped the 2017 Parliament of the
Republic of Ghana, to be one that would showcase
the country's popular personalities on both sides
of the political divide.

Few weeks ago, the likes of Mr. Kojo Oppong
Nkrumah, the former ace broadcaster with Joy Fm,
and Mr. George Andah, formerly of Mobile
Telecommunication Network, (MTN) all stripped off
their long suspected neutral clothes and declared
their long nursed intentions to run for Parliament
on the ticket of their party, the largest
opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Followed suit were Mr. Abeiku Santana, a presenter
with Okay Fm, an Accra based-radio station and Mr.
Emmanuel Bonney , a Kumawood actor, also declared
their intentions to contest on the ticket of the
ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The Crystal clear Lens can authoritatively reveal
without the slightest doubt that, one of the big
intellectuals at the Flag Staff House, Dr Clement
Apaak has laced his political boots to contest the
Builsa South Constituency seat in the Upper West
region on the ticket of the NDC.

The Builsa South Constituency seat which is
currently held by Hon. Alhassan Azong of the
People's National Convention (PNC), is one of the
safe seats that has been held by the ruling NDC
since 1992.

The seat was won by Norbert Garko Awullay of the
NDC in 1992, he held onto it until Hon Abolimbisa
Roger Akantagriwen of same NDC took over in 2004.
Hon. Alhassan Azong took over the seat in the 2008
and 2012 elections.

It is believed that the same NDC party assisted
the PNC man who has been on the side of the party
since his elections into parliament to hold onto
the seat until today and the party has now
withdrawn its support and throwing it behind Dr
Apaak.

The Simon Faser University product, Dr Apaak,
contesting the seat on the ticket of the NDC
according to our information, was not borne by his
own desires to enter the Ghana's parliament but he
had to succumbed to numerous request from his
constituencies and some topmost men in the
constituency who believed he has a lot to offer to
the Ghana's second most powerful political
institutions.

This means that, Dr Apaak, known as 'the man of
many strict principles' will be smiling to
parliament when he seals through the NDC primaries
which many are confident it will be cool choke for
him.

When The Crystal Clear Lens news team visited the
area to confirm the rumours of literally electing
the former boss of Forum for Justice and
Governance (FJG) ahead of the 2016 elections, some
of the residents said they have found in him a man
who can help reform the under fired parliament of
Ghana and will also help spearhead developmental
projects in the area.

They noted that when some politicians always only
come to tell them to vote for them to help the
constituency and the people, Dr Apaak long before
he nursed the ambition of becoming politician has
always offer various kinds of help to area.

"He does not discriminate when offering assistance
to us. He does not care about one's political
affiliation. He has always helped us and the
constituency in terms of development and we think
he will do more when given the opportunity", one
of the key opinion leaders in the area who wants
to remain unknown told the paper.

For the youth in the constituency, Dr Apaak has
been an inspiration to them and accepting to
represent them was good news to them and therefore
pledged to leave no stone unturned to make sure he
represents the constituency in the next parliament
of Ghana.

According to the youth, aside of him being
inspirational to them, he has also created
employment opportunities for many of them. This,
they say, is a mark of a good leader and he will
do more for them when he finally gets to
Parliament.

When Dr Clement Apaak was contacted to confirm or
deny the position of his people, he declined to
comment, stating that at the appropriate time, he
will make his intentions known to the members of
the Constituency.

He, however, admitted that pressure is being
mounted on him by the youth to contest the 2016
parliamentary race on the ticket of the NDC.

Source - Cletus Abaare

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