New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates of Okaikwei Central Constituency have endorsed Hon. Patrick Yaw Boamah, the incumbent Member of Parliament by popular acclamation to contest the upcoming 2020 general election.
Mr. Boamah, who stood unopposed, would be contesting the election for the third time. He won the 2012 election and was re-elected in 2016 to remain in Parliament.
In compliance with the COVID-19 protocols on large gathering, however, the constituency conducted the acclamation exercise in all the five electoral areas namely Apenkwa, Blema Gor, Gbemomo, Wouyeman, and Olengle Koona.
The Parliamentary Candidate-elect visited all the venues in the company of an Electoral Officer, the Constituency Chairman, and a representative from the regional and national party among many others, and confirmed before the delegates.
OKC NPP Chairman’s call
Mr. George Commey, the NPP Chairman for OkaiKwei Central (OKC) explained to delegates that the constituency opened nominations and invited interested persons to pick and file to contest.
According to him, by the close of nominations, the incumbent MP was the only persons who had filed his interest and therefore the unopposed candidate to contest the primaries.
He urged members of the party to unite and work hard for the NPP to retain power in the 2020 election so that everyone would have the opportunity to serve.
Addressing delegates after being pronounced the parliamentary candidate, Patrick Boamah cautioned the NPP not to be complacent in the effort to retain the party in power.
He charged the party followers to brace themselves for the December elections and stressed it would be so keenly contested it will surpass 2016 hence the need to adopt new attitudes for the work ahead.
OKC parliamentary candidate-elect
Mr. Patrick Boamah indicated it is going to be a very busy six months ahead of the elections and urged the delegates to go out in their numbers to register when the Electoral Commission begin the voter registration exercise.
He warned that the only way to participate in the election and vote is to be on the new register hence the need to take part in the exercise.
According to him, judging from the massive performance of President Akufo-Addo, the government deserves another term in office hence the need to hold off the opposition NDC.
Ghanaians, he said, are expecting only one announcement after December 7, and that is the declaration of Nana Akufo-Addo as President of Ghana.
“By December 8th, the EC would have declared Nana Akufo-Addo as the President-elect and Patrick Boamah as the Okaikwei Central Member of Parliament,” he added.
He said, “Put the complaints aside for now because God has scheduled the time for everything.”
“Let’s use unity, love, and togetherness to campaign and go from house to house to promote four more for Nana and four more for Patrick.”
“Present yourselves to participate when the party’s campaign programmes come out,” he stated.
He urged delegates and party members to discard all the differences that emerged in the run-up to the primaries and to shun complaints and bickering in the interest of the party’s victory.
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