Akyem Oda NPP targets 90 per cent votes for Dr Bawumia

Two former Finance Ministers last Monday stormed Akyem Oda to ramp up votes for the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the party’s parliamentary candidate, Alexander Akwasi Acquah.

Although the constituency is a stronghold of the NPP, the visit by Yaw Osafo-Maafo and Ken Ofori-Atta, was to join the campaign team in the constituency to urge the electorate to vote massively for Dr Bawumia to enable him to continue with the initiatives of the NPP government.

The other members of the team included the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Birim Central, Joyce Adjoa Agyeiwaa, and executives of the party in the constituency led by its Chairman, Kwadwo Amparbeng Assimeng.

The team later converged on the Kumasi Station and the Oda Timber markets to address traders.

Mr Osafo-Maafo, who is a former MP for the area, urged the electorate to cast their votes early on December 7, 2024, before attending to any other business.

He reminded them to cast their votes for Dr Bawumia and Mr Acquah.

Mr Osafo-Maafo acknowledged the problems at the timber market and gave the assurance that a lasting solution would be found when Dr Bawumia became the next President.

Projects

On his part, Mr Ofori-Atta enumerated many development projects undertaken by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government.

He mentioned some of the projects as the construction of roads, hospitals, clinics and school blocks which were unprecedented in the nation's history.

Mr Acquah urged the electorate to help him achieve his objective of giving Dr Bawumia 90 per cent of presidential votes come December 7, 2024.

The Chairman of the Oda Timber Market Association, William Kufuor, on behalf of his colleagues, promised to intensify their campaigns for Dr Bawumia to be elected the next President and Mr Akwasi Acquah to be retained as their MP on December 7, 2024.

He, however, appealed to the dignitaries to establish an industrial village at Oda to create more job avenues for the teeming unemployed youth.