Government, Electoral Commission asked to ensure effective voting in 2012 elections
Mr. Ambrose Dery, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Lawra/Nandom, has suggested to the Electoral Commission (EC) and Government to ensure that the 2012 General Election is carried out on a clean slate, to give all Ghanaians the opportunity to vote on the same day.
He said: “the EC must avoid the tot, tot, system of voting that was experienced in the District Assembly Election,” in the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections
Mr. Dery made the call when he interacted with journalists from the Upper West Region, after presenting 100 sewing machines to young women in Lawra/Nandom, as part of his commitment to the welfare of women in the area.
He said that system of voting was dangerous as it could derail the electoral process, subvert the will of the people and cause confusion in the country.
Mr. Dery appealed to Ghanaians to vote for the flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the forthcoming elections, to enable him to implement good policies and programmes to enhance their living conditions.
The MP said President John Atta Mills’ led Government has performed abysmally, and explained that the President declared 2011 as action year with no action and also proclaimed 2012 as a year of hope but with increases in petroleum products.
Mr Dery said the Government was being haunted by the several unachievable promises that it has made to the people, and asked Ghanaians not to take the National Democratic Congress serious.
He said “Vice President John Dramani Mahama came to my region and cut sod for the construction of a Regional Hospital in Wa but as I speak now there is nothing in the pipeline but only propaganda and excuses that are being peddled round the communities.
“The loud noise made about the STX Housing Project had now gone dead, the universities at the Volta and Brong-Ahafo Regions, which were supposed to have started admissions in September last year, had been delayed while Government found it prudent to blame Parliament for failing to pass bills regarding the universities”.
Mr. Dery alleged “another classic failure on the part of Government is the dolling out of GH¢58 million to an individual without due regards to the tenets and principles to laid down regulations.”
He called on Ghanaians to have hope that the NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo would work diligently to improve their social, economic and political conditions if voted to power this year.
Mr. Dery hosted supporters of the NPP in his constituency to an end of year party at Kokoligu, his hometown in the Nandom District.
Source: GNA