By
Bertha Badu-Agyei/Abigail Yadago
Kyebi, Dec. 2, GNA –
Madam Diana Boama, an aspiring assembly member for Kyebi New Town Electoral
Area in the Abuakwa South District, says she is in the contest to encourage
other women to rise to the challenge.
She said no woman
had ever contested the assembly membership position in the area, hence her
resolve to join the contest to “break the culture of silence among women from
participating in the local polls.”
Madam Boama, a
Farmer, was speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Kyebi, under
the “Women’s Profile,” a GNA initiative to project women contesting in
elections in the Eastern Region.
She said it was her
third attempt and expressed the hope that come December 17, she would win.
Madam Boama noted
that due to the low representation of women in decision-making process in the
locality, several issues affecting them and the children had not been given the
needed attention.
“It is worrisome the
area has no market to support women who are mostly petty traders to support
their upkeep,” she said.
She said the refuse
dump there was in a water-logged area and children had to cross the main road
to dispose of refuse, posing danger to their health and that of women.
She said was
committed to ensuring that when voted into office, refuse containers would be
provided for cluster of homes to prevent the danger of children having to cross
the busy road to dispose of refuse.
Madam Boama,
53-year, and a mother of three, is competing with four men and called on women
to support her.
GNA
