NPP: Reserving seats for Gas good idea – Ayikoi Otoo (audio)

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nii Ayikoi Otoo has supported the decision of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to reserve some seats in the Greater Accra Region for indigenous people from the Greater Accra region.

“I think that it is a good idea to bring the Gas on board to let them know that the NPP is not anti-Ga,” Mr Ayikoi Otoo told Accra based Starr FM on Tuesday.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP met on Monday and slated May 24, 2015 to select parliamentary aspirants for the 2016 general elections. 

Among the proposals adopted for the primaries included reserving coastal constituencies in the Greater Accra Region to be contested by Ga indigenes only, except in exceptional circumstances.

They named Ngleshie Amanfrom,  Ablekuma South, Odododiodio, Korle Klottey,  La Dade Kotopon,  Ledzokuku,  Krowor, Tema East, Tema West, Kpone Katamanso, Amasaman and Obom Domeabra as the constituencies to be contested by Ga indigenes only..

Mr Ayikoi Otoo, a Ga, who contested the Krowor seat in 2008 but lost said reserving some strategic seats for Gas will help give true meaning to a Ga caucus in parliament.

The former Minister of Justice said he knows of only four Gas who are currently occupying seats in the Greater Accra region, a situation which he noted was uncomplimentary of the indigenous people.

Currently the Ledzokuku, Odododiodoo and Krowor seats are being occupied by members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

They are Mrs. Benita Sena Okity-Duah, Nii Lantey Vanderpuije, and Dr. Nii Oakley Quaye-Kumah, respectively.

Listen to Mr Ayikoi Otoo in the interview with Starr FM

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