Defeated NPP Member of Parliament for Tema West, Irene Naa Toshie Addo has said she takes her loss in good faith.<\/p>\n
Naa Toshie Addo who is the Deputy Minority Chief Whip in Parliament,\u00a0lost to Freight Forwarder, Carlos Ahenkrah<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the party\u2019s primaries held on Saturday.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”2H8PjYnL2Jw5JAF5vig9oQtA9NwnU9N1″]Speaking to party supporters after the results were declared, Naa Toshie Addo pledged to work hard to ensure that the NPP comes into government in 2016.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything that has happened is the doing of the Lord and I thank God almighty. I thank all my supporters and all the delegates for coming out to speak their minds. Remembers that there is a 2016 election and that is the ultimate. I thank you all for your support and I pledge my support to the NPP party which is the one that has been victorious today,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n On his part, the newly elected Parliamentary nominee, Carlos Ahenkorah told Citi News<\/strong> that he will work to retain the seat and increase the NPPs votes in 2016.<\/p>\n \u201cTema West has always been a seat safe for NPP. As far as I\u2019m concerned, we\u2019ve had brighter days in all elections since 1992. Unfortunately, I don\u2019t know what went wrong our votes keep coming down,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n Carlos Ahenkorah further added that \u201cwe have a lot of work to do and I can tell you that I have plans on the table to get things underway and increase the margin as much as I can. When it comes to getting the votes, I have what it takes to bring it back.\u201d<\/p>\n Carlos Ahenkorah had in an earlier interview with Citi News<\/strong> noted that he is likely to make Naa Torshie his campaign manager in 2016.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNaa Torshie is going to play a very vital role in what we are going to do in Tema West. Indeed, she might even lead our campaign team in 2016,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n