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DFP elects Parliamentary candidates
Tamale, Aug. 23, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr. Ibrahim Abdul Rahaman a
32-year old teacher at the Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO)
in Tamale has been selected to contest the Tamale Central
seat on the ticket of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) in
the December polls.
Mr. Abdul Rahaman was the only candidate as at the close of
nomination and had been consequently confirmed and
introduced to party members at a short ceremony in Tamale on
Friday by Mr. Nuhu Mohammed, Tamale Metropolitan Electoral
Officer.
Mr. Abdul Rahaman expressed gratitude to party members for
having the confidence in him by selecting him to contest on
the party’s ticket saying, “I will work hard to ensure
victory for the party in the constituency.”
He said, economic conditions under the NPP were very harsh
and pledged to work hard to bridge the poverty gap in the
North when given the nod in December to represent the
constituents in Parliament.
He claimed that, he was the young “Messiah” of the DFP,
anointed to come and redeem the people of the Tamale Central
Constituency and appealed to the electorate to denounce both
the NPP and the NDC during the December elections to improve
their standard of living.
He said his main objective would be concentrated on
education, mechanized agriculture, health and sanitation,
water and, women and children issues, saying, “If you ignore
women and children forget of your victory in politics.”
Mr. Rahman pledged to institute education fund in the
constituency to cater for brilliant but needy students to
further their education, adding that, if elected as the
Member of Parliament (MP) he would subsidize agriculture
produce and help minimise post harvest loses to improve
agriculture in the constituency.
Mr. Mohammed Iddrisu, Regional Organizer the party said Mr.
Abdul Rahaman was a young and a vibrant person who could use
his youthful exuberance to help develop the constituency.
He claimed that, “The DFP is coming to wrest power form NPP,”
adding that, NPP and NDC had had their chances and it was
the turn of the Democratic Freedom Party to win power and
offer Ghanaians good governance.
He called on members of the party to remain peace loving and
comport themselves in all aspects to allow peace to prevail
before, during and after the December elections.
In a related development, Mr. Sulemana Zakaria Appiah, 35,
had also been confirmed and introduced to party members at
Tolon as the Parliamentary Candidate for the Tolon
constituency.
GNA
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