By
James Amoh Junior, GNA
Tema, Nov. 11, GNA –
Mr Chris Nana Omari, Assembly Member Aspirant, Sakumono Electoral Area, says
the community was lagging behind in development due the “empty promises made by
self-seeking politicians who had represented the community in previous
assemblies”.
“I am prepared and
upbeat of winning the Sakumono Electoral Area seat to serve the community and
ensure its development,” Mr Omari, who is a lawyer by profession among five
other candidates contesting the Sakumono seat, told the Ghana News Agency in an
interview in Tema.
He said the focus of
the District Level Elections ought to be on community engagement and
development but alleged that the reverse was happening in some electoral areas
as persons who were not growth-oriented had been given the opportunity to
serve.
Mr Omari, who
participated in a forum organised by the Electoral Commission (EC) and the
National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), to sensitise aspiring
candidates ahead of the forthcoming District Assembly Elections and Referendum,
explained to the GNA that Assemblymen and women must focus on development.
The sensitization
forum also sought to deliberate on the rules and regulations governing both exercises
slated for December 17.
According to the
aspirant, Sakumono which was a cosmopolitan community needed a
development-oriented and non-politically aligned individual who could identify
with residence to bring about the needed change the community yearned for.
“The community
members should decide who they want to lead the community – someone who
understands and identifies with them and can manage to bring about improvement,
empowerment and community development or someone who offers the opposite,” he said.
He lamented that the
hitherto clean and developed community Sakumono was noted for had given way to
deplorable roads, filth as result of insanitary practices, insecurity issues
amongst others and said, “The management of our communities ought not to be
politicized as is the case currently”.
With a campaign
message, focusing on five thematic areas: youth empowerment, community
development, good sanitation, improved security, and education, the Aspirant
seeks to transform the community if elected.
“Sakumono is an
affluent and middle income community and needs someone who can best represent
the people and their interest not any political party interest, but also to
ensure that the aforementioned pillars are implemented to the later for
sustainable community development,” he indicated.
Touching on
security, he stressed that invisibility at night owing to non-functioning
streetlights had created fertile environment some miscreants to fester and said
“if elected I will collaborate effectively with District Assembly to constitute
a Local Security Task Force to curb the insecurity situation.
Mr Omari asserted
that the retroactive leadership and blithe apathy exhibited by previous
assembly members had stifled the community’s development.
GNA
