The enskinment took place after the Vice President addressed the people and the chiefs of the area, as part of his campaign tour of the region.

He will return to Accra from the region later in the day.

Earlier this year, Papa Kwesi Nduom  of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), was enskinned Yenge Bor Naa [Crowd Gathering Chief] of Logu.

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According to him, the area has seen massive development under the NDC government hence another term in office would be in the right direction.

Mr. Woyongo disclosed this at his campaign launch in Navrongo in the Upper East Region.

The campaign launch started with a procession which saw thousands of party members and supporters including actor John Dumelo and popular boxer, Bukom Banku walked through the principal streets of Navrongo to the Navron-Pio’s palace and then to the COF Park for the campaign launch.

Addressing constituents, Mark Woyongo who is also the incumbent MP for the area said, he plans widen the vote gap between him and his NPP contender, Kofi Adda, by 10,000 votes in this years elections.

According to Woyongo, he has delivered on the promises he made to his constituents during his 2012 campaign.

“I have no doubt that on December 7, the people of Navrongo will vote massively for President Mahama and Mark Woyongo. I am confident because the NDC government has done so much for the constituency.”

“We have drilled over 130 boreholes, the $8.5m Navrongo water scheme couple with the small town water systems in the area is to provide portable drinking water for constituents and end the perennial water problems in the area. We have built five CHIPS Compounds in the area, I have rehabilitated the Kologo and Natugnia health posts and currently rehabilitation works are ongoing at the Gongnia and Nayagnia health posts to enable constituents access health care. We have constructed over 15 Junior High Schools and 20 primary schools and given facelift to some tertiary schools. I will soon distribute 100 computers to basic schools in the area.”

Mr.Woyongo added that, the road network in the area has improved, adding that, a contract has been awarded for the asphalting of Navrongo town roads and tarring of the UDS campus roads.

“The 22km Navrongo-Naaga road has also been awarded for construction and work will start before the end of this year,” Woyongo noted.

Actor John Dumelo urged the youth to vote for president Mahama and Mark Woyongo for more Jobs and development.

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Farouk Bandana decided to go independent after he lost his parliamentary slot during the NDC primaries in the constituency.

Some have alleged that Farouk decided to go independent after incessant pressure from the presidency.

But speaking on Citi FM’s Campaign Trail, Farouk denied these allegations saying “ It is not true I have support from the Flagstaff House because if I did you will not see the Chief of Staff in my constituency trying to talk to my two paramount chiefs and that of the NDC youth trying to talk to me to rescind my decision. They would have been supporting that agenda.”

He further stated that the presidency actually convinced him not to contest as an independent candidate.

“The presidency actually prevailed upon me to stop but I told them it is one thing respecting your decision but it is another thing respecting the wishes and aspirations of my people, my traditional leaders, my chiefs and people, my youth. It is for them I am fighting and for them I will continue to fight and because of them I will not rescind my decision .”

Apart from Farouk Bandana ,the incumbent Member of Parliament of Lawra constituency, which is in the same region [Upper West], Sampson Abu is also contesting the seat as an independent candidate.

Sampson Abu a former DCE,won the lawra constituency seat in 2012 with 12,735 votes, beating his closest contender, Anthony Abefa Karbo of the NPP with 6,588 votes.

But the NDC delegates replaced Abu with a veteran politician, Bede Zeideng during the party’s primaries in September 2015.Bede Zeideng beat Abu with just 16 votes.

Although the lawmaker accepted the verdict, he believes Bede Ziedeng used his position as the NDC’s Deputy Director of elections to unduly influence the votes to his own advantage.

Bede Zeideng has however dismissed these claims.

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