Graphic’s longest-subscribing customer eyes assembly seat
Daily graphic’s longest-subscribing customer, Mr Yorson Kwaku Addai-Nsiah (aka Wofa Addai-Nsiah), has filed his nomination to contest the district level election to become the assembly member for the Anwomaso Bebre Electoral Area in Kumasi.
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His candidature brings to eight the number of people individually aspiring to be elected assembly member for that electoral area.
As a retired accountant, Mr Addai-Nsiah is among seven others contesting the incumbent, Mr Kofi Gyamfi, 46, a businessman.
The rest are Frank Frimpong, 39, paint dealer; Edmund Amoako Adabor, 28, entrepreneur; Michael Boateng, 28, teacher; Stephen Darko, 43, teacher; George Kwame Acheampong, 29, driver and Georgina Boakye Yiadom, 58, nurse.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, Mr Addai-Nsiah disclosed that it was the second time he was contesting as an assembly member for the electoral area.
He said he had occupied numerous portfolios, including being a Unit Committee Chairman from 2001 to 2004 in the same Anwomaso Electoral Area.
Education Endowment Fund
Mr Addai-Nsiah said he would establish an Education Endowment Fund to cater for brilliant, needy students in the electoral area when elected.
On welfare, he said under his administration as an assembly member, a welfare fund would be established to support the aged in the electoral area, especially 70 years and above.
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He added that he would adopt the best strategy to manage both solid and liquid waste in the area to reduce filth and the high rate of cholera cases.