Aspiring independent candidate calls for support

Offinso (Ash), Oct 22, GNA - Mr Emmanuel Kwasi Addai, an independent parliamentary candidate in the Offinso South by-election slated for October 24, has appealed to the electorate to vote massively for him.

He said he has a good track record in the district, in addition to the fact that he is with them and knows their problems so he ranks best among the contestants.

Mr Addai, a teacher and onetime District Chief Executive for the area during the administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), was speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Dentin, a suburb of Offinso on Saturday.

He urged the electorate to 'open their eyes and minds=94 and vote for him so that they do not regret.

"The people know me and what I am capable of doing. I have been living in Offinso and I know all the towns as well as their problems. The people do not like NDC and are disillusioned by the policies and programmes of the NPP. I know they will vote massively for me come Tuesday", he said in an answer to a question of how he feels as an independent candidate.

The aspiring MP called on the people to eschew hooliganism, vandalism, insults and other negative attitudes that could mar the election and degenerate into confusion.

He denied speculations that the NPP hierarchy gave him 500 million cedis, a vehicle and 20 motorbikes for his campaign as a strategy to split votes of the NDC.

"I am popular with the people and I am going all out to win the election convincingly".