Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with the late Agyarko’s wife and children after the health walk
VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has
called on supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) within the Ayawaso West
Wuogon Constituency to come out in their numbers and vote massively for Lydia
Seyram Alhassan, the widow of the late Member of Parliament for the area,
Emmanuel Kyerementeng Agyarko, during the upcoming by-election.
The Vice President made the call on
Saturday, January 19, 2019, after he joined the Youth Wing and Ayawaso West
Wuogon Parliamentary Candidate of the NPP, Madam Seyram Alhassan, to embark on
a sensitisation healthwalk.
In a Facebook post after the walk, Dr.
Bawumia said: “I expressed my profound gratitude to the constituents for
massively endorsing the candidature of Madam Lydia and urged them to vote for
her on 31st January, 2019, to continue the good works of the late Hon. Emmanuel
Kyeremanteng Agyarko.”
The by-election has become necessary
following the sudden death of Mr. Agyarko on November 21, 2018.
He is said to have died from gallbladder
infection, and the Electoral Commission (EC), headed by Jean Mensa, has set
Thursday, January 31, 2019, as the date for the by-election.
Meanwhile, one
Bismarck Aborbi-Ayitey has filed a suit against the EC at the Supreme Court,
contesting the decision of the EC to hold the by-election on January 31.
His argument is that per Article 112 (5) of the 1992 Constitution, a by-election is supposed to be held 60 days after a seat is declared vacant.
By Melvin Tarlue