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General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020

Source: peacefmonline.com

NPP Primaries: Effiduase-Asokore NPP members, polling station executives want Dr. Ayew Afriye to go unopposed

Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye, Member of Parliament for Effiduasi/Asokore constituency Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye, Member of Parliament for Effiduasi/Asokore constituency

The entire NPP fraternity including Seventy [70] polling stations executives out of seventy-eight [78] of Effiduase-Asokore are said to have indicated their preference for incumbent Parliamentarian, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, to run unopposed in their upcoming primaries.

The polling station executives after critically assessing the performance of the Effiduase-Asokore MP after his three years in office say they will prefer he is not contested when the NPP opens nominations for the primaries in the constituency.

They all agreed on to let Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye represent the constituency in parliament for another four years during a meeting held on Monday December 30, 2019.

“The decision for our MP to go unopposed has become necessary considering that, then an MP candidate in 2016 his hardworking nature coupled with his team work with party executives moved the Presidential vote from74%to 83%.” Kwame Twum, secretary to the polling station executives said in a letter intercepted by Peacefmonline.com to the party’s headquarters in Accra and regional office in Kumasi.

The polling station executives also noted that the constituency through the initiative of Dr. Afriyie is “fast developing” and commended him for lobbying to the constituency some developmental projects from government.

“As an MP we consider him extremely affable to his party delegates and constituents, he attend and sponsor party obligation to social functions, his common fund has been put to meaningful use with consideration to party opinion on where and which projects. Also, he has lobbied enormously for government projects which can impact positively on our presidential votes.

“He has been involved overwhelmingly in human resource development and job placements for his constituents; indeed his personal resource has brightened the party's outlook in the constituency.” Portion of the letter read

According to them, the constituency needs the rich experience of the incumbent to safeguard the NPP’s votes during election 2020.

Attached is the letter…