Kintampo South: NAPO urges residents to go out and vote

With barely three and half months to the crucial December 7 polls, members of the ruling New Patriotic Party have been called upon to defy any threat of intimidation from the National Democratic Congress and come out in their numbers to vote.

The Vice- Presidential Candidate for the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, who made the call at a community engagement at Jema in the Bono East Region served notice of the party’s s readiness to resist in equal measure any attempt by the NDC to scare NPP members from coming out to vote on December 7.

The warning comes in the wake of alleged plans by the NDC to engineer some violence to intimidate voters in the stronghold of the NPP, as part of a plot to reduce voter turnout in such places.

“No one can intimidate us. Even in opposition no one could intimidate us, how much more now? All of you should therefore go about and campaign and be prepared to come out in your numbers to vote for Dr. Bawumia and your parliamentary candidates for a resounding victory,” NAPO said.

He noted that the campaign of the NPP had been well executed, with the party’s messages well received by the electorate, especially regarding the achievement of the party while in Government, as well as the vision and hope Dr. Bawumia, NPP Presidential Candidate, provides for Ghana.

He explained that the vision on job creation, health care, housing, economy, education, industrialization, energy, poverty alleviation, and others, backed by solid facts and figures has been appreciated and endorsed by the electorate.

He added that the record of the NPP in the constituency, just like in all other constituencies in the country, had been outstanding, stressing the NPP under Akuffo Addo carried out major projects in the road, education, health, water and sanitation, agriculture and energy sectors, among others.

The member of Parliament for Kintampo South, Alex Gyan said the greater majority of the electorate were also enthused about his work as MP for the first term, especially in respect of major projects undertaken with resources he had personally raised.

Chief of Jema, Nana Amponsah Gyan praised the government for various developmental projects initiated in the area.

He called for peace among in the area ahead of the crucial December polls.

He was of the view that the track record of NPP in the area will help them in the December elections.

By Benjamin Aidoo

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