{"id":274299,"date":"2011-01-17T11:56:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T11:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=48120"},"modified":"2011-01-17T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T11:56:56","slug":"ministers-to-dislodge-volta-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/17\/ministers-to-dislodge-volta-mps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers To Dislodge Volta MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_48121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48121\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-48121\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/17\/ministers-to-dislodge-volta-mps\/fiifi-kwetey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48121\" title=\"Fiifi Kwetey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Fiifi-Kwetey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiifi Kwetey<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nNicknamed the \u2018world bank\u2019 of the  ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Volta Region will witness  a fierce battle for Parliamentary Seats, when the Party finally gives  the  green light for those interested in the next elections, the various  constituencies, to announce their intention.<br \/>\nVery reliable  sources at the Kokomlemle office of the \u2018Akatamanso\u2019 party told The  Enquirer that most appointees from the region are being encouraged to  contest at the primaries to elect candidates for the 2012 Parliamentary  elections.<br \/>\nThe Enquirer  newspaper can report that the party  elders and leadership at both the national headquarters as well as the  regional office in Ho are extremely disappointed at the performance of  most of the Members of Parliament (MPs) from the region.<br \/>\nEven  though those who spoke to the paper will not mention names, The Enquirer  is reliably informed that there is a lot of growing interest from some  hardworking appointees in government to contest the parliamentary  primaries.<br \/>\nThe Enquirer\u2019s radar has picked up credible  information that Deputy Minister for Information, Samuel Okudzeto  Ablakwa, Deputy Minister for Finance, Fifi Kwetey, Deputy Minister for  Local Government, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah and Dzifa Attivor, Deputy  Minister for Transport, have their eyes glued to the North Tongu, Ketu  South, Akan and Ho West parliamentary seats respectively.<br \/>\nIndeed,  these deputy ministers are have been preparing fervently to boot out  the current occupants of the seats come the next parliamentary primaries  of the NDC.<br \/>\nAccording to our source, seats such as Ave-Avenor,  Central Tongu, Ketu North, Anlo, Buem, Hohoe South, Ho East, are the  areas that will not see any serious competition due to the strength of  the MPs on the ground. The MPs in the above constituencies have made  strong impact and are well grounded, also as a result of their excellent  human relationship with the constituents.<br \/>\nWith regards to Ketu  North, the MP, James Klutse Avedzi, who is also the Chairman of the  Parliamentary Committee on Finance is seen as a strong and very tactical  politician, having worked very hard to displace the former Regional  Minister and the current Ambassador to Benin, His Excellency Modestus  Ahiable in his very first attempt to enter Parliament.<br \/>\nThe MP,  who has been a great success in Parliament, has also recorded very  remarkable achievements in the constituency. A university don, who is  said to be nursing the ambition with a lot of support from the District  Chief Executive, will be no match for him.<br \/>\nAs far as the Roads  and Highways Minster, Joe Kwashie Gidisu\u2019s Central Tongu Constituency is  concerned; the constituents are not expecting any party member to  contest him, going by his remarkable performance as MP and Minster.<br \/>\nAccording  to the party leadership in the constituency, it is absolutely out of  place to change a winning team, describing their MP as the best thing  that has happened to the constituency. \u201cAs far as we are concerned our  MP is very hardworking, down to earth, very accommodating, and ready to  listen to you and advice you, he has done a lot for Central Tongu, and  we will continue to support him\u201d, an executive member told The Enquirer.<br \/>\nWith  regards to the First Deputy Speaker, Doe Adjaho, also known as  Ave-Avenor Mugabe, the seat is a safe one, the MP is seen as the eye of  the region, and therefore can be described as untouchable.<br \/>\nThe  Enquirer is reliably informed that some of the MPs who are not popular  on the ground and recorded very low marks in recent ratings are in a  face-saving exercise arranging to organise awards in their own honour.<br \/>\nAccording  to our source, these MPs are planning the Ex-President J.A. Kufuor\u2019s  kind of honouring, where they spend so much money to influence few  constituents to organize durbars in their honour, and maybe hang 50 cent  kind of chains around their necks.<br \/>\nSome of these constituencies  where very fierce battles are expected and political pundits say the  sitting MPs could be on their way out include Ketu South, North Tongu,  Ho West, Krachie West, Hohoe North, Krachie East, Biakoye and Akan.<br \/>\nSource: The Enquirer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicknamed the \u2018world bank\u2019 of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Volta Region will witness a fierce battle for Parliamentary Seats, when the Party finally gives the green light for those interested in the next elections, the various constituencies, to announce their intention. Very reliable sources at the Kokomlemle office of the \u2018Akatamanso\u2019 party [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ministers To Dislodge Volta MPs - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/17\/ministers-to-dislodge-volta-mps\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ministers To Dislodge Volta MPs - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nicknamed the \u2018world bank\u2019 of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Volta Region will witness a fierce battle for Parliamentary Seats, when the Party finally gives the green light for those interested in the next elections, the various constituencies, to announce their intention. 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