By
Florence Afriyie Mensah, GNA
Kumawu (Ash), Feb
18, GNA – Mr. Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, the Deputy Ministry of Trade and Industry,
has filed his nomination as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for the
Kumawu Constituency in Ashanti.
The Deputy Minister
who is a first timer in the parliamentary race, is the first to submit his
forms, out of the four contestants who picked forms for that position in the
area.
Presenting the
nomination forms at a brief ceremony at the Party’s Constituency office at
Kumawu in the Sekyere Kumawu District, he pledged to implement pro-poor
interventions and bring progress to the area, when given the nod.
Mr Ahomka-Lindsay, a
native of Aninagya, a farming community in that District, said leadership based
on improving on the economic fortunes of the people through the establishment
of industries, was a powerful tool to create gainful employment for the people
and thus lift them out of poverty.
“If you give
somebody a job, the person has the liberty and the ability to pursue his or her
lifetime dreams without hindrance,” he explained.
Mr. Ahomka-Lindsay
called on the constituents to unite and rally behind him for a massive win,
adding that, it was through unity that progress could be made.
The governing NPP
has scheduled April 25, 2020, as the date to hold parliamentary primaries in
all 169 constituencies where the Party has sitting MPs.
The polls would be
held to elect the parliamentary candidates the ruling NPP would field for the
upcoming 2020 general elections.
Mr. Joseph Danso,
the Kumawu Constituency Chairman, having gone through the documents presented
by the deputy Minister, urged the constituents to continue to uphold peace and
unity with the aim of re-electing President Akufo-Addo, for a second term.
Mr. Ahomka-Lindsay
used the occasion to donate a television set and a modern office shelf to the
Kumawu Constituency Office.
GNA