[ 2014-04-19 ]

Haruna Idrisu: Afoko's election as NPP Chairman can't affect NDC in the North
Trade and Industry Minister, Haruna Iddrisu says
the election of Paul Afoko as the National
Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not
negatively impact on the performance of governing
National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the three
Northern Regions.

Mr. Paul Afoko, a business man from the Upper East
Region, was last week elected as the new chairman
of the NPP in a National delegate's conference
attended by over 5,000 delegates in Tamale.

His election is widely seen by many political
analysts as a giant step by the opposition party
to improve on its performance in the three
Northern Regions- Northern, Upper East and Upper
West Regions.

But Haruna Iddrisu, who is also the Member of
parliament for Tamale South said, the NDC and
President John Mahama are poised to redeeming more
parliamentary seats it lost to the NPP in the
regions mentioned.

"For us our immediate priority and concern is to
fix the economy...and to execute our better Ghana
Agenda. And for Northern Region, we are seeking to
redeem even more seats; at least I can smell some
eight additional seats that we must recapture in
2016" general elections.

"And even in his [Afoko's] own Upper East Region,
the two seats that we lost [Nabdam and Talensi]
would also be recovered," he assured supporters.

He was commissioning an electricity project for
over 2,000 residents at Dunyili and Sangzirigu,
farming communities in his constituency.

The project is expected to save women and children
in the two farming communities from travelling
long distances to access electricity for domestic
needs.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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