Atta Akyea, who was in parliament to respond to questions on the country’s preparation against flooding ahead of the rainy season, said the government had begun desilting drains in some parts of Accra including Adabraka.

[contextly_sidebar id=”Rpyt3767olCtKbSqCsMyOoW6wuQxSiVs”]But Dr. Rawlings, whose constituency covers Adabraka and Odawna, told Citi News that contrary to the claims of the Minister, there is no desilting work ongoing in the area.

“He mentioned that desilting has begun, and he mentioned some of the areas including Odawna and Adabraka which I can confirm is not the case. The gutters have not been desilted and this is of great concern to the people living there. I was there just a week ago. The whole area, along the Odawna to the garages, with all the gutters including those in Adabraka and Osu need to be desilted,” she said.

Many parts of Ghana’s capital, Accra, gets flooded whenever it rains, resulting in the loss of properties and sometimes lives.

The Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, in 2017 said the country needs some $700 million to permanently solve the problem.

While contributing to the debate on the 2018 budget in Parliament, he indicated that the government had put together a new road-map to provide permanent infrastructure solution to the perennial flooding in Accra.

He explained that because the capital expenditure for the provision of the drainage and sewage to fix the recurring floods are beyond the national budget, and so there is the need to seek external help to address the problem.

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Although not 100% certain of his comeback, Mr. Addison said he is currently ensuring that all the obstacles that blocked the NPP’s victory in the last election are removed.

“At the moment it is not 100%, but I’m trying to make sure that all those obstacles that prevented us from winning the seat the last time around are removed. When the time comes for us to cross the road, we will cross it,” he said in a Citi News interview.

[contextly_sidebar id=”9Bhdh1xLxfH3Wa5H25XgP2w5hMmCmYAK”]Addison lost to Zanetor Rawlings, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for the constituency during the 2016 general elections.

Many political observers concluded that the NPP’s defeat was largely caused by a divided front in the constituency.

Mr. Addison, who was one f the lead lawyers when the NPP challenged the ooutcome of the 2012 presidential elections in the Supreme Court, defeated Nii Noi Nortey in the NPP’s parliamentary primary held prior to the 2016 general elections in a rather controversial manner.

Unhappy with some issues that rocked the primary, Nii Nortey left the party and contested as an independent candidate in the constituency.

Both men could not get the majority votes to represent the constituency in Parliament, thus giving the NDC’s Zanetor Rawlings, daughter of former President Rawlings a resounding victory.

Speaking to Citi News ahead of the NPP’s constituency primaries on Saturday, Mr. Addison urged members of the party in the constituency to remain calm and desist from acts that could undermine party unity.

“I think the NPP is now united; you will see that in the last elections we won the presidential and lost the parliament. I think that of all the constituencies along the coast, we should have done a double,” he added.

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Speaking at the donation ceremony, where furniture and other educational materials to three schools in her constituency the Klottey Korle legislator emphasized the need for companies to support education by providing crucial logistics to enhance quality education at the basic level.

“There are a lot of tables and chairs missing in some of our schools, some of the classrooms have forty students, some of them sitting on the floor while others sit in threes because the facilities are not adequate and these donations will go a long way to help them.

We use the opportunity to appeal to other companies to take their corporate social responsibility seriously. It should be targeted and done in a way that will have an impact in the community” she said

She also used the occasion to express her appreciation to the donors JFE Shoji Trading and Kawasho Foods Corporation Japan for the kind gesture.

Two Japanese companies JFE Shoji Trading and Kawasho Foods Corporation through their local Partners and distributors Forewin Ghana today donated furniture food items and other items to three deprived schools within the Klottey Korle Constituency.

Speaking at the ceremony, the President and Chief Executive officer of JFE Shoji Trading Japan Mr Naosuke Oda said the gesture forms part of the company’s planned activities after its hundred year’s celebration to give back to society part of the profit they have made.

“When we celebrated our 100th anniversary in 2011, we thought seriously what we could do in order to express our appreciation to our consumers

Then we decided to donate desk, notebooks and food as a child educational support” he said.

On her part, the Circuit Supervisor of Osu Doku, Georgina Rabbles said they donated items help improve teaching and learning in the area.

About the donation

JFE Shoji Trading and Kawasho Foods Corporation Japan through their local Partners and distributors Forewin Ghana Limited a subsidiary of the Forewin Group donated one hundred and fifty dual desk furniture, fifty cartons of Geisha Markerel and three thousand pieces of exercise books to three schools in the constituency. The schools include Amugi Basic School, Khiriatu Basic School and Teacher Mota Basic School all within the Klottey Korle Constituency of the Greater Accra region.

According to the company, the activity forms part of their corporate social responsibility.

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The campaign was targeted at sensitizing the people on the essence planting trees, and their benefit to the environment.

Addressing school pupils at Salem Park at Osu in the Klottey Korley Constituency, the MP said it is the responsibility of the current generation to ensure that the environment is preserved for the younger ones.

She said “we need to ask ourselves how far we have come, and whether we are happy with where we are? What can we do to make things better? Today as part of this celebration, we are going to be planting some trees and there is a saying that, those who plant a tree today are not the ones who will sit under the shade that the tree produces. A lot of the big trees that you see here were planted long before most of you were born.”

The daughter of former president Rawlings charged pupils, teachers and all constituents to cultivate the habit of planting trees because of its immense benefit to the environment.

“That is the beauty of planting a seed and looking after it, it means that you are taking care of future generations,” she said.

The ceremony brought together pupils from twenty basic schools within the constituency to stimulate the national independence day parade.

The legislator symbolically planted a tree to set the pace for the rest to follow.

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The President who handed over power peacefully to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Saturday spent his time networking and deliberating with the MPs — both old and new ones.

Spent my Thursday afternoon with the NDC Caucus in Parliament. Great atmosphere, frank discussions and networking.
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— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) January 12, 2017

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, NDC National Chairman, Kofi Portuphy as well as former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho and former Chief of Staff were all at the place.

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Mr. Rockson said his decision was due to his party`s inability to support his cause in the constituency.

At a press conference today in Accra, Mr. Rockson announced that, “I have come to this conclusion due to numerous development projects Dr. Rawlings have secured for the people of Klottey Korley hence the overwhelming support she has received in the constituency.”

“She is one politician who speaks on issues and has never attacked any political opponent since she began her campaign in this constituency. The NDC is blessed to have such a candidate to lead them; I can see clearly that victory awaits her come December 7.

“I will urge all my supporters and counterparts who have the people of Klottey Korle at heart to do same because Dr. Zanetor Rawlings has proven to be the best candidate to lead the constituency.”

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Zanetor was speaking at a prayer retreat organized by the Young Adult’s Fellowship (YAF) at Adabraka Official town Presbyterian Church as part of their 10th anniversary celebrations.

The YAF prayer retreat dubbed “Ghana My Motherland” was aimed at bringing people from different political parties and churches to pray purposely for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in December.

In an interview Zanetor lauded the idea behind the programme.

“It has been a very successful programme; the objective was to make sure those participating in the upcoming elections are actually going to pledge peace in the process. As the various leaders in our various parties, we have a responsibility to pave the way and that is what the programme is about,” she said.

“So we came to support to put the elections into the hands of God and it has been successful so far…it’s not over yet but what I have witnessed today is very successful,” she added.

She further cautioned fellow politicians to desist from making empty promises and respect the populace.

“We must respect and be truthful to one another in our campaigning and must desist from making false promises to the people. We must also desist from maligning others in the process of being political…I don’t think politics should be an excuse to insult other people’s reputations…and have a peaceful campaign,” he said.

“We must remember that we are Ghanaians and no matter the outcome of the election results and whatever parties we belong to, we have to show respect and work together as one community,” she added.

The prayer retreat was attended by Philip Addison of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Opare Addo of the Convention People’s Party, Nii Noi Nortey, an independent candidate, and Dr. Zanetor Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress.

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According to him, he has worked tirelessly and harder than his opponents contesting the parliamentary seat in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Nii Noi Nortey said his message of making the constituency better and improving the lives of the electorates has been accepted by majority of the people.

He told Citi News claims that his main contenders, Philip Addison of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Zanetor Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had better chances of winning the elections were false.

He said, “when you talk of strongholds, I won’t say a particular area is my stronghold because there is a silent majority who are just supporting us. We’ve managed to meet close to 70 per cent of the constituents and I can tell you it is very positive. We are getting ready to hit the streets. Campaigning has been very good.I am very confident of beating them. My stronghold is everywhere in all the nine electoral areas.”

‘Race for Korle Klottey’

The Korle Klottey seat is one of the few constituencies in the Greater Accra Region that will be keenly monitored due to the unique dynamics and play of politics in the area.

The NPP’s Philip Addison became popular after leading his party’s legal team to challenge its loss at the the 2012 presidential elections at the Supreme Court.

The NDC’s Zanetor Rawlings is the daughter of Ghana’s former President and founder of the party, Jerry John Rawlings.

The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP)’s Parliamentary candidate for the area, Eva Lokko, was unable to submit her nomination forms as she died last week earlier in the USA while receiving medical care.

Rockson Kofi Bright of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), and CPP’s Godwin Opare Addo are said to be making inroads in gaining support from the local people ahead of the elections.

Nii Noi Nortey, who fell out of the NPP after losing the primary in a controversial election, is also contesting as an independent candidate.

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According to Mr Vandepuije, who is seeking election as Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma South constituency, his actions  demonstrate skills that could make him relate easily with the constituents.

Photos that circulated on social media last week showed the NDC parliamentary candidate braiding the hair, and helping some electorates with the preparation of banku on one of his campaign activities in the area.

But in an interview with GHOne TV, the Accra MCE said “leadership is all about letting the people know that you have the skills. If you are going to an MP for a community, you must identify with the people. I, as Oko Vandepuije have skills. Braiding people’s hair is part of the hairdressing business, the salon business. So me demonstrating in public that I have that skills, I identify with the salon operators. That under Oko Vandepuije, we’ll bring support to the salons.”

“With me turning the banku, it is me showing them that I can cook. I am bringing a message of hope to our restaurants, to our women who cook banku along the roads and sell them. What I am telling them is that, with me, there is going to be advancement, we will create better restaurants, we will help them to set up. Me going to the sewing centres, I am demonstrating that I know how to sew. I am identifying with the tailors and seamstress and that I will work with them. We will bring economic empowerment,” he added.

As the campaign for election 2016 intensifies and parliamentary candidates are using different of methods to entice voters.

Earlier this month, the NDC parliamentary candidate of the Klottey Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Zanetor Rawlings embarked on her campaign ahead the December polls on a bicycle, an act many consider unusual of an aspiring public officer in Ghana.

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She rode through some principal streets in the constituency and occasionally stopped over at the residence of some constituents, to implore them to vote for her in the upcoming elections.

Zanetor, the eldest daughter of Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings, is facing the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) lawyer Philip Addison, and the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Edward Opare-Addo in the upcoming polls.

Before joining active politics in Ghana, she has been working as a trained medical practitioner and a pilot, making her first solo flight as a pilot at the tender age of thirteen (13).

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