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Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon has emphasized her confidence in winning the 2024 Parliamentary elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
She, however, vowed to avoid complacency.
As the First Deputy Majority Chief Whip, she encouraged unity and the cessation of internal conflicts to achieve the goal of “breaking the eight.”
Following her unopposed nomination and approval by NPP delegates, Lydia Alhassan expressed her dedication to not disappoint the party.
To have the buy-in of the youth to retain power, therefore, the MP has introduced several youth empowerment programmes to reduce unemployment and create wealth for all.
The programmes include skills training, supporting individuals in practical educational programmes and engaging a number in her self-sponsoring constituency projects, including roads.
She faces off with John Dumelo of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in what is expected to be a two-horse race.
In the 2020 general election, the incumbent NPP MP, Ms Alhassan, won with 39,851 votes, representing 51.36 per cent, while her closest contender, Mr Dumelo of the NDC, polled 37,478 votes, representing 48.30 per cent.
In a statement, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said the elections had produced a mixed grill of “still maintain” and new faces.
“To all who participated in the contest, my sincere appreciation. Congratulations to the winners. To the non-winners, cheer up for a better tomorrow,” he said.
“It was a family contest. However, as the case is in any such contest, some unsavoury statements might have been made. Let the contestants, especially, the winners, stretch out their hands and reach out to each other as soon as practicable to reach out to heal wounds and bruises.”
He reiterated that collectively they had a charge to keep, to “break the 8”.
He noted that no party person must be left behind in confronting their principal opponent in the December 2024 Presidential and General elections; saying “with God on our side we shall overcome.”
