Seven Eye Tempane DCE Seat

By Jerry
Azanduna, GNA

Tempane (U/E), June 23, GNA – Seven
contestants including the constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) are seeking to become District Chief Executive (DCE) for the newly
created Tempane District.

The Tempane District was carved from the Garu-Tempane
District as part of strengthening and deepening the decentralization process in
the country.

The contestants who are mainly members of the
New Patriotic Party (NPP) include Mr Anabida Issaka, a  teacher, Mr Paul Abugri Azumah, the
Tempane  Constituency Chairman, Mr
Patrick Seidu, and Mr Hanson Awudu, Retired Educationists, the rest are Mr
Inusah Sally, Assembly member, Mr Cletus Abugri and Alhaji Bansi, a Broadcast
Journalist.

Mr Emmanuel Avoka Asore District Chief
Executive for Garu, who doubles as the Acting Chief Executive for the Tempane
District, said this in an interview with Ghana News Agency at Garu in the Upper
East Region

He said the party executives and other
stakeholders have put in stringent measures to select a hardworking person to
champion the course of development in the area

Mr Asore said efforts were being made to
select the right person to spearhead the development of the Tempane area and to
promote unity to enrich the socio-economic lives of the people.

He said the NPP government was committed to
providing the citizenry with quality leadership, to offer good services through
the provision of quality development projects for the benefit of the citizenry
in that constituency.

Mr Asore said among these good services were
the qualities His Excellency President Akuffo-Addo was exhibiting by the good
policies he put in place to reduce poverty and bring about quality livelihoods
to the people in the country.

He cited the Planting for food and jobs, the
One village-one dam, the Nation Builders’ Crops and the Free Senior High School
programmes among others as efforts being made to reduce hardships and improve
on the living standards of the people.

Mr Asore urged the contestants and the people
to remain calm as the leadership was putting things in place to select the
right person to come and assist them in the development of the area.

Mr Sampson Asaana, Presiding Member elect for
the Assembly, gave the assurance to cooperate with whoever among the seven
aspirants is chosen to lead the Assembly.

He urged members of the assembly to unite and
put party politics aside.

GNA

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