Speaking to Citi News’ Obrempong Yaw Ampofo ahead of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, some of the residents in that stretch of the country demanded more from the government.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The school’s library was painted and stocked with variety of story books by staff of MTN.

MTN’s 21 Days of Yellow Care is an annual event where the first 21 days in every June is set aside across the country by the company to give back to identified communities with specific needs.

The focus of this year’s 21 Days Yellow Care under the MTN Foundation, is on education, health and economic empowerment.

The Pinanko A.M.E. Zion School is over 60 years, but has not had a functional library. The block was at some point converted into a teaching class room.

Speaking during the presentation of the books to the headmaster of the school, Wisdom Boamah, the regional manager of MTN, Simon Amoh, reiterated the company’s commitment at giving back to the community.

He explained that education has become the greatest asset a child could get to be able to catch up with developments around the globe, hence the decision by MTN to support the school with books.

He said, “the world is getting competitive and to stay relevant to any industry or community or the world as it revolves, you need to clearly stay educated. It is a key pillar for us at MTN for people to stay educated. It is for this reason we continue to help schools like we have done for this school and continue to do”.

The Head teacher of the Pinanko A.M.E. Zion School, Wisdom Boamah, expressed appreciation for the books and promised to use them for the purpose for which they were donated.

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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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NPP has won the seat in five consecutive elections since 1996, with Papa Owusu-Ankomah, a former Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister of State occupying the seat for the whole period.

However, the governing NDC has vowed to snatch it in the 2016 December 7 polls.

Analysts say it will be a difficult task for the NDC to win the seat, which is considered to be one of the strongholds of the NPP.

Both parties have new candidates contesting the December polls, after long-serving MP, Papa Owusu Ankomah, opted not to contest again.

He has been replaced by another lawyer, Andrew Agyapa Merker, who the residents say is a ‘home boy.’

The governing NDC is also presenting Emmanuel Assifuah, an employee at the Western Regional Lands Commission, also known to have some suport in the area.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah won the seat narrowly in 2012 with 14,735 votes, to beat the NDC’s candidate, Anthony Richard Cudjoe, who obtained 13,644.

But speaking to Citi FM’s Samurais on constituency watch ahead of the December polls, the Sekondi Constituency Chairman of the NPP, Erasmus Baidoo Cudjoe, said the party will win the 2016 polls with a wider margin.

Samurais are Citi FM’s pre-election monitory team in the Southern Sector of the country, looking at the issues that would decide the upcoming elections.

The other team, known as the Delta Squad covered the Northern part of the country.

According to the NPP Constituency chairman, the gap between NPP and NDC was narrow because there was “this perception that Papa Owusu-Ankomah had stayed for too long and the people wanted him to rest. After the 2012 elections, we set up a committee to investigate why our votes have been dropping and the report was that our MP has been there for so long. The people needed a change.

“The new candidate we have is a home boy and with the house-to-house campaign he is embarking upon, our victory will be massive,” Mr. Cudjoe reiterated.

He explained that, the NPP is still strong in the constituency because the party’s Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won with a difference of about 3,437 votes.

“We will make sure the margin increases so that Nana Addo becomes President of Ghana come 2017,” Mr. Cudjoe stated.

However, the NDC’s Western Regional Secretary, Joseph Nelson, is optimistic the governing party will win the seat for the first time since 1996.

“President Mahama has brought a lot of development projects to Sekondi and what the people want is development. We are just waiting for the D-day to retain President Mahama in power and we will also win the seat,” the NDC chairman maintained.

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By: Awudu Mahama/ghelections.com/Ghana

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