THE Jomoro District Assembly in the Western Region is to assist artisans and bakers in the district through the Business Advisory Centre (BAC) of the Rural Enterprise Project to benefit from the Rural Enterprises Development Fund to expand their businesses.
The Head of the Business Advisory Centre in the Jomoro District, Mr Daniel Amponsah, announced this when addressing bakers and artisans, comprising garage operators, carpenters and woodworkers drawn from the district at separate workshops at Half Assini and Tikobo Number One.
An Italian non-governmental organisation (NGO), COSPE, supported the training workshops.
The artisans were taken through fuel injection repairs, costing, pricing, quality finishing, proper management techniques and book-keeping, to ensure quality production and also reduce waste, while the bakers were taught how to use cassava to make cake, doughnuts, biscuits, meat pie and other pastries.
Mr Amponsah advised the participants to strengthen their groups to enable them to benefit from the Rural Enterprise Fund and other interventions such as the Grant Fund.
He said it was the policy of the government to put money in the training of artisans, especially the unskilled ones in the country, to be skilful and increase production for their livelihood.
Mr Amponsah, therefore, advised them to take advantage of all the workshops and training courses being organised by the BAC to equip themselves with the necessary skills to enable them to become self-supporting, self-employed and independent.
The Jomoro District Business Advisor of COSPE, Mr Maxwell Blay, said his organisation had been assisting both financially and materially in the training of small scale entrepreneurs through its small micro-enterprise systems to eliminate poverty and enhance their businesses.
He advised the participants to put what they had learnt in constant practice in order to become masters of their jobs.
A resource person of the workshop, Mrs Adelaide Sefa Boakyea, advised bakers who were not members of the association to register with it to enable them to benefit from any assistance that would come from the BAC.
She advised the participants to honour their tax obligations to help the assembly to generate enough revenue for its development activities.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
MORE CRIMINAL CASES PENDING BEFORE COURTS IN WR (PAGE 20)
A TOTAL of 7,369 criminal cases were pending in the district courts in the Western Region as of the end of June, 2008, while 6,369 criminal cases were disposed of in the district courts in the region between July, 2007 and June 2008.
Besides, a total of 3,241 fresh criminal cases were filed in the district courts in the region between July, 2007 and June, 2008, while 3,857 criminal cases were pending in the district courts at the beginning of July, 2007.
According to the Judicial Service Annual Report 2007/2008, a total number of 8,897 civil cases were pending in the courts in the region at the end of June, 2008, while 6,114 civil cases were concluded in the district courts between July, 2007 and June, 2008.
It stated that a total of 7,225 fresh civil cases were filed in the district courts between July, 2007 and June 2008, while a total number of 7,786 civil cases were pending in the district courts at the beginning of July, 2007.
Besides, a total of 3,241 fresh criminal cases were filed in the district courts in the region between July, 2007 and June, 2008, while 3,857 criminal cases were pending in the district courts at the beginning of July, 2007.
According to the Judicial Service Annual Report 2007/2008, a total number of 8,897 civil cases were pending in the courts in the region at the end of June, 2008, while 6,114 civil cases were concluded in the district courts between July, 2007 and June, 2008.
It stated that a total of 7,225 fresh civil cases were filed in the district courts between July, 2007 and June 2008, while a total number of 7,786 civil cases were pending in the district courts at the beginning of July, 2007.
WORKSHOP ON HIV/AIDS ENDS AT TARKWA (PAGE 20)
THE Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal AIDS Committee has organised a two-day workshop on HIV-AIDS for representatives of religious groups, traditional rulers, security personnel, youth and women’s groups as well as media practitioners drawn from the municipality.
Addressing the closing ceremony, the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr George Mireku-Duker, appealed to the Ghana AIDS Commission to consider, as a matter of agency, the need to increase the support given to the municipality for HIV/AIDS activities.
He explained that the municipality had a peculiar problem with HIV/AIDS prevention due to the influx of people into the area for mining activities.
The Municipal HIV/AIDS Focal Person, Mr Joseph Adjei Sowah, appealed to the participants to share the knowledge they had acquired from the workshop with those they represented, so that together they could achieve the goals of the National Strategic Framework.
He said it was the responsibility of all and sundry to ensure that the spread of HIV/AIDS was brought under control.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the workshop, the participants pledged to play an active role in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the municipality.
They also pledged to encourage chiefs in the Wassa Fiase Traditional Area to promote condom use to help in the prevention of the disease.
Addressing the closing ceremony, the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr George Mireku-Duker, appealed to the Ghana AIDS Commission to consider, as a matter of agency, the need to increase the support given to the municipality for HIV/AIDS activities.
He explained that the municipality had a peculiar problem with HIV/AIDS prevention due to the influx of people into the area for mining activities.
The Municipal HIV/AIDS Focal Person, Mr Joseph Adjei Sowah, appealed to the participants to share the knowledge they had acquired from the workshop with those they represented, so that together they could achieve the goals of the National Strategic Framework.
He said it was the responsibility of all and sundry to ensure that the spread of HIV/AIDS was brought under control.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the workshop, the participants pledged to play an active role in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the municipality.
They also pledged to encourage chiefs in the Wassa Fiase Traditional Area to promote condom use to help in the prevention of the disease.
WESTERN REGION IS 3RD MOST INDUSTRIALISED IN GHANA (PAGE 20)
THE Western Region is ranked the third most industrialised region in the country with the highest concentration of mining companies.
The Western Regional Trade and Industry Officer, Mr Charles Folikumah, who announced this in Takoradi, said the region was a significant contributor to export-led economic development policy which the Ministry of Trade, Industry and PSI is pursuing.
He said this in an address read on his behalf at the launch of the Association of Ghana Industries’ (AGI’s) SME Agenda 2008.
The AGI is developing the SME Agenda 2008, a policy document for the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country, which will be presented to the new government in early 2009.
Mr Folikumah emphasised that there could not be any meaningful economic development and growth in the country without the backing of a vibrant industrial sector.
He said the variety and volume of industrial products as well as services that could be credited to the AGI today, were formidable, despite constraints such as lack of sufficient working capital, obsolete equipment, inadequate supply of raw materials, stiff competition with imported goods, among others.
Mr Folikumah said it was in view of those constraints that the AGI had decided to develop a policy for implementation in order to promote and propel SMEs in the country in the export-led growth and domestic industrialisation.
He, therefore, implored all stakeholders to get actively involved in all the discussions and contribute meaningfully to the realisation of the set goal to remove bottlenecks constraining the development of SMEs.
That, he stressed, would facilitate the redirection of socio-economic activities as well as the creation of more vibrant industries in the country.
“By so doing, we would be acknowledging the effort of all those who have contributed and offered technical as well as financial assistance for the realisation of this project”, Mr Folikumah stated.
The Project Manager of AGI SME Agenda 2008, Mr Isaac Akosa, said the project would be a fact-based advocacy document.
He added that 1,000 chief executives/owners of SMEs from all the regions would be interviewed and would contribute their views.
Mr Akosa said the findings of the opinion survey and the study would be presented at regional validation workshops which would bring together private sector representatives and government officials.
He said further that a national SME conference would be held in early 2009, adding that the outcome of the conference would form the basis of the agenda.
According to him, the agenda would present practical policy recommendations to the government for an enhanced business environment in all the regions of the country and also serve as a platform for advocacy and monitoring activities.
The Western Regional Trade and Industry Officer, Mr Charles Folikumah, who announced this in Takoradi, said the region was a significant contributor to export-led economic development policy which the Ministry of Trade, Industry and PSI is pursuing.
He said this in an address read on his behalf at the launch of the Association of Ghana Industries’ (AGI’s) SME Agenda 2008.
The AGI is developing the SME Agenda 2008, a policy document for the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country, which will be presented to the new government in early 2009.
Mr Folikumah emphasised that there could not be any meaningful economic development and growth in the country without the backing of a vibrant industrial sector.
He said the variety and volume of industrial products as well as services that could be credited to the AGI today, were formidable, despite constraints such as lack of sufficient working capital, obsolete equipment, inadequate supply of raw materials, stiff competition with imported goods, among others.
Mr Folikumah said it was in view of those constraints that the AGI had decided to develop a policy for implementation in order to promote and propel SMEs in the country in the export-led growth and domestic industrialisation.
He, therefore, implored all stakeholders to get actively involved in all the discussions and contribute meaningfully to the realisation of the set goal to remove bottlenecks constraining the development of SMEs.
That, he stressed, would facilitate the redirection of socio-economic activities as well as the creation of more vibrant industries in the country.
“By so doing, we would be acknowledging the effort of all those who have contributed and offered technical as well as financial assistance for the realisation of this project”, Mr Folikumah stated.
The Project Manager of AGI SME Agenda 2008, Mr Isaac Akosa, said the project would be a fact-based advocacy document.
He added that 1,000 chief executives/owners of SMEs from all the regions would be interviewed and would contribute their views.
Mr Akosa said the findings of the opinion survey and the study would be presented at regional validation workshops which would bring together private sector representatives and government officials.
He said further that a national SME conference would be held in early 2009, adding that the outcome of the conference would form the basis of the agenda.
According to him, the agenda would present practical policy recommendations to the government for an enhanced business environment in all the regions of the country and also serve as a platform for advocacy and monitoring activities.
JUBILEE OIL FIELD TO BE DEVELOPED IN PHASES (PAGE 20)
THE Jubilee Oil Field at Cape Three Points in the Western Region, which is still under study, will be developed in phases.
When completed, the oil field will produce 120,000 barrels of crude oil per day for a start and will increase gradually.
The first amount of oil is expected to be produced in the fourth quarter of 2010. In all, about 17 wells are to be drilled.
The Chief Geophysicist of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Gabriel Q.A. Osatey, announced this in a paper he presented at the five-day senior naval officers convention in Takoradi.
Speaking on the topic: “Safety and Security of Ghana’s Oil/gas Industry-Envisaged role of the navy”, Mr Osatey mentioned some of the challenges facing the development of the oil field as tight rig market as of now, production facilities, if they were to be ordered from shipyards, and unpredictable development costs due mostly to the rapid fluctuation of oil prices.
He stated that the building of production facilities from the scratch, inadequate port facilities at the main operation base and the capacity of the Takoradi Port to handle heavy equipment and materials for the oil fields were also other challenges.
Touching on gas utilisation, Mr Osatey explained that some of the gas from the Jubilee Field would be directed to the Osagyefo Barge at Efaso Mangyea in the Jomoro District in the Western Region, for the generation of 225 megawatts of electricity.
He said gas infrastructure development, both onshore and offshore, would be given priority and that would be independent of the Jubilee Field development partners.
According to Mr Osatey, there would be pipelines to be linked to the West Africa Gas Pipeline Project, while stranded gas would have access to the infrastructure, adding that that Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) production would be encouraged.
He said the oil industry spawned a host of other industries and so Ghanaians must position themselves to partner other oil companies.
According to Mr Osatey, the Takoradi Port should be expanded to position itself properly for the oil industry.
He enumerated some of the problems facing the oil industry as oil thefts on the high seas by organised criminals, diversion of goods meant for the oil rigs, militant locals who might disrupt onshore installations on the pretext of securing more oil wealth for their communities and dangers posed by fishermen, as well as explosives used in the industry.
Mr Osatey stressed that Ghana’s oil find would be beneficial, if it was well protected.
When completed, the oil field will produce 120,000 barrels of crude oil per day for a start and will increase gradually.
The first amount of oil is expected to be produced in the fourth quarter of 2010. In all, about 17 wells are to be drilled.
The Chief Geophysicist of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Gabriel Q.A. Osatey, announced this in a paper he presented at the five-day senior naval officers convention in Takoradi.
Speaking on the topic: “Safety and Security of Ghana’s Oil/gas Industry-Envisaged role of the navy”, Mr Osatey mentioned some of the challenges facing the development of the oil field as tight rig market as of now, production facilities, if they were to be ordered from shipyards, and unpredictable development costs due mostly to the rapid fluctuation of oil prices.
He stated that the building of production facilities from the scratch, inadequate port facilities at the main operation base and the capacity of the Takoradi Port to handle heavy equipment and materials for the oil fields were also other challenges.
Touching on gas utilisation, Mr Osatey explained that some of the gas from the Jubilee Field would be directed to the Osagyefo Barge at Efaso Mangyea in the Jomoro District in the Western Region, for the generation of 225 megawatts of electricity.
He said gas infrastructure development, both onshore and offshore, would be given priority and that would be independent of the Jubilee Field development partners.
According to Mr Osatey, there would be pipelines to be linked to the West Africa Gas Pipeline Project, while stranded gas would have access to the infrastructure, adding that that Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) production would be encouraged.
He said the oil industry spawned a host of other industries and so Ghanaians must position themselves to partner other oil companies.
According to Mr Osatey, the Takoradi Port should be expanded to position itself properly for the oil industry.
He enumerated some of the problems facing the oil industry as oil thefts on the high seas by organised criminals, diversion of goods meant for the oil rigs, militant locals who might disrupt onshore installations on the pretext of securing more oil wealth for their communities and dangers posed by fishermen, as well as explosives used in the industry.
Mr Osatey stressed that Ghana’s oil find would be beneficial, if it was well protected.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
ELECTION FEVER GRIPS WESTERN REGION (PAGE 17)
Since the election of their flag bearers, the political parties, especially the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have been frequenting the Western Region with their political messages, promises and their manifestos to convince people in the region to vote for them.
The Western Region has 22 constituencies, out of which NPP has 12, NDC, eight with the Convention People’s Party (CPP) having two.
For this year’s December election a total of 90 candidates filed their nominations to contest the elections in the Western Region. The NDC is contesting in all the 22 constituencies, NPP 21, CPP 21, the People’s National Convention (PNC) eight, the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) two, the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) and the Great Consolidated People’s Party (GCPP) two, with eight people contesting as independent parliamentary candidates.
In the Ahanta West constituency, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), a 56 year old Agriculturist, Samuel Johnfiah, is the candidate for NPP while a 52-year old trader, Madam Comfort Amoo, is standing for the DFP, with David Oscar Yawson a 31-year old Geo-information Scientist is contesting on the ticket of the CPP, with a 44-year-old teacher Mr Joseph Jones Amoah is standing for the NDC.
In the 2004 elections, Samuel Johnfiah won the seat for the NPP by securing 22,615 votes, while Joseph Jones Amoah, who stood for the NDC, got 7,345 votes which is an indication that the NPP has the chance to retain the seat in this year’s election, all things being equal.
In the Amenfi Central, a 39-year old Public Servant, Padmore Kofi Yonkopa Arthur, is contesting on the ticket of the NPP, while a 51-year old marine engineer, Peter Yaw Kwakye Ackah, is standing as an independent candidate, with a 38- year old accountant, James Boateng, contesting for the CPP, and a 39-year old teacher, George Kofi Arthur is running on the ticket of the NDC.
In the 2004 elections, Kofi Arthur stood for the NDC and won the parliamentary seat with 14,139 votes, while Peter Kwakye Ackah, now going independent, stood for the NPP and secured 14,004 votes. Now that Kwakye-Ackah has decided to go independent, maybe the NPP votes would split in favour of the NDC.
For this year’s election, a 57-year old teacher, Mrs Agnes Sonful, is contesting on the ticket of the NPP in the Amenfi West, while a 49-year old teacher, John Gyetuah, the incumbent, is running for the NDC, with a 61-year old trainer/consultant, Anthony Kwame Enimil, contesting for the CPP.
In the previous election, John Gyetuah secured 15,233 votes to win the seat for the NDC, while Agnes Sonful got 13,108 votes for the NPP. The margin is such that the NPP would have to intensify its campaign in the constituency, if it wants to overtake the NDC.
For Amenfi East, a 51-year old lecturer, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the incumbent NPP MP is contesting for the party, while a 50-year-old system/electrical engineer, Samuel Yaw Obeng-Damoah, is running for the CPP, with a 51-year old Management Consultant, Akwasi Opong Fosu is contesting for the NDC.
In the 2004 election, Joseph Boahen Aidoo polled 23,937 votes to win the seat for the NPP, Osei Kuffour Omooyey, who stood for the NDC, polled 12,370 votes. The situation is such that the NPP stands the chance of retaining the seat, if things work the same way as they worked in the previous election.
A 54-year old teacher, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, is running for the NPP in the Aowin constituency while a 27-year old self-employed Ebenezer Ebbi Kwaw Dankwa is contesting for the PNC, and Martin Boadi, a 29-year-old accountant, contesting for the CPP, with Mathias Kwame Ntow, a 51-year-old teacher, running for the NDC.
In Aowin, in the 2004 election, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi polled 22,059 votes to win the seat for the NPP, as against 16,358 votes secured by John Kwekucher Ackah who stood for the NDC. This indicates that the NPP has the advantage and that the NDC has to do its home work well.
For Bia, a 32-year old Lawyer, Anthony Marshall Arpoh is contesting on the ticket of the NPP, while Michael Coffie Boampong, 46 the incumbent is running for the NDC, with Kwaku Affukaah, a 51-year-old timber merchant going independent, while Philemon Armah, 33, a teacher, is running for the CPP. Augustine Duku, 34, an engineer, is standing for the DFP, with Alex Ackah Korsah, 46, a teacher, contesting for the DPP.
In the 2004 election, Michael Coffie Boampong won massively for the NDC by polling 36,014 votes, as against the 17,607 votes Anthony Marshall Arpoh got for the NPP. In this case the NPP had a herculean task in the constituency.
A 45-year-old administrator the incumbent Christopher Addae, is contesting the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai seat on the ticket of NPP, while a 55-year-old economist, Seidu Paakuna Adamu, is running for the NDC, with Gyasi Newlove, 36-year-old teacher, standing for the CPP and Alice Philipa Gyamfi, a 45-years-old stenographer, running for the DFP.
Chistopher Addae polled 24,333 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, while Seidu Paakuna Adamu got 22,370 votes for the NDC. The situation is such that the race is still open.
In Effia Kwesimintsim, Joe Baidoe Ansah the current MP 44, and a communications professional, is contesting on the ticket of the NPP, while a 53-year old legal practitioner Joseph Abekah is running for the CPP, with Barnabas Impraim, 43, an electrician, standing for the PNC, while Ambrose Sessah Ankrah, 43 and a maritime administrator, is contesting for the NDC. A 39-year-old wood technician, Innocent Asamoah, is contesting for the GCPP, while Philip Buckman, 35 is going as an independent candidate.
Joe Baidoe-Ansah won massively for the NPP in the 2004 election by polling 36,936 votes, as against the 13,660 polled by George Kweku Christian, who stood for the NDC. So it is clear that the NPP still has the chance to win the seat.
For Ellembele, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, 42 an administrator, is contesting for the NDC, while Maxwell Amuah Essien, 30, and also an administrator, is running as an independent candidate, with a 56-year old Barrister Freddie Blay contesting for the CPP. Kodwoe Yankson, 52, a lawyer, and a 30-year-old TV producer, Mathias Boateng, are contesting as independent candidates.
Freddie Blay won convincingly in the 2004 election when he polled 18,428 votes, as against the 11,322 votes Kaku Korsah got for the NDC. This means that the CPP has advantage to retain the seat.
In Essikado/Ketan, a 60-year-old accounts clerk, John Eghan, is running for the CPP, while Victor Henry Abbey-Hart, 44 and an accountant is contesting for the NDC, with a 55-year-old agriculturist, Emmanuel Victor Grayham standing for the PNC, while Joe Ghartey, 47 a lawyer, is contesting for the NPP.
Joe Ghartey polled 24,078 votes in the 2004 elections to win massively for the NPP, while David Mensah, who stood for the NDC, got 8,976 votes. So one can conclude that the constituency is a no go area for the NDC.
Catherine Abelema Afeku, a 41-year-old communications professional, is contesting the Evalue Gwira seat for the NPP, while Peter Arde-Kodwo, 56 and a lecturer, is standing for the NDC, with a 63-year old lawyer, Kojo Armah, contesting for the CPP.
In the 2004 election, Kojo Armah polled 10,377 votes to win the seat for the CPP, since the NPP did not put a candidate to contest the seat. The NDC got 6,150 votes. Now that the NPP is contesting the seat, the likelihood that the occupancy of the seat will change is very clear.
A 64-year-old scientist, Lee Ocran the incumbent is contesting the Jomoro seat, while a new entrant, a 48-year old educationist and journalist, Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah, is running for the CPP, with a 34-year-old educationist and also a journalist, Martin Nyameke Ackah, standing for the NPP, while Jemaima Soboe, 41 and a hairdresser, is contesting for the PNC.
In the 2004 election, Lee Ocran polled 16,490 votes to win the seat for the NDC, as against the 14,835 Anthony Ransford Tandoh won for the NPP. The NPP has the chance to make amends.
In the Juaboso Constituency, a 34-year-old administrator, Ahi John, is running for the NPP, while a 36-year old businessman Boadi Francis is standing for the CPP, with a 41-year-old farmer Ayagibah Isaac is contesting for the PNC and Samson Ahi, a 36-year-old businessman the incumbent is running for the NDC.
In the 2004 election, Sampson Ahi polled 33,411 votes to win the seat for the NDC, while Francis Assuah polled 15,935 votes for the NPP. The difference, as well as the fact that the NPP had never won in the constituency, is a clear indication that NDC will continue to dominate the area.
For the Mpohor Wassa East, a 50-year-old consultant, Mary Ankomah, is contesting on the ticket of the CPP, while a 56-year-old journalist, Anthony Evans Amoah, the current MP running for the NPP, with Anthony Bassaw, 56 a lecturer is contesting for the NDC.
In the 2008 election, Anthony Evans Amoah polled 19, 635 to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 10,691 Mary Ankomah for the CPP. The wide margin gives the NPP the advantage to retain the seat only if it will do its homework very well.
Albert Kwaku Obbin, 52 and a teacher, is running for the Prestea Huni Valley seat on the ticket of the NPP, while a 51-year-old lawyer, Mubashir Taminu Dari, is contesting for the CPP, with Francis Adu-Blay Koffie standing for the NDC. Edwin Asare, 22 and an electrician, is contesting for the DPP, while Charles Kojo Adu-Fordjour, a 30-year-old civil engineer, is running for the DFP, with Osei Kuffour Omooyey, 51 and a farmer, contesting as an independent candidate.
Albert Kwaku Obbin polled 23,852 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, while an independent candidate, Samuel Plange Kaye, got 16,441 votes. With the wide margin the scale is likely to tip in favour of the NPP.
A 36-year old accounts officer, Appiah-Kubi Baidoo, is contesting the Akontombra seat on the ticket of the NPP, while Herod Cobbina, 52 and a farmer, is running on the NDC ticket, with Kwaku Duah, 33, a farmer, standing for the DFP.
Herod Cobbina polled 14,477 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat, for NDC, with Appiah-Kubi Baidoo polling 10,060 votes for the NPP. The NPP will have to work extra hard, if it wants to take the seat but it is likely that the NDC will also work hard to retain it.
In Sefwi Wiawso, Kwaku Afriyie (Dr), 54 a consultant, is contesting for the NPP, while a 50-year old teacher, Evans Paul Aidoo, is running for the NDC, with Kingsley Sarfo-Nyamekye, 51 a businessman, running for the CPP.
In the previous election, Evans Paul Aidoo got 26,095 votes to win the seat for the NDC, while Kwaku Afriyie (Dr) polled 16,855 votes for the NPP. The big difference in the votes indicates that the NDC is likely to retain the seat, unless the NPP works extra hard.
Papa Owusu-Ankomah 50, a Lawyer is contesting for the Sekondi seat on the ticket of the NPP, while Frederick Akor Larbi, a 45-year-old accountant, is running for the PNC, with Betty Bosumtwi-Sam, 42 a teacher, is standing on the ticket of the NDC. Mrs Hildergard Krakue, 43, and a secretary, is running for the CPP, while a 46-year-old businessman Oliver Peter Vanderpuye-Orgle is contesting for the DFP.
In the 2004 election, Papa Owusu Ankomah polled 17,433 votes to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 8,086 votes Betty Bosumtwi-Sam got for the NDC, which shows clearly that the NPP will retain the seat unless the NDC works extra hard.
Gabriel Kodwo Essilfie, 58, a chartered accountant, is contesting the Shama seat on the ticket of the NDC, while a 54-year-old educationist, Angelina Baiden Amissah, is running for the NPP, with Francis Nana Akorligah M. Kwofie, 37 a farmer is standing for the PNC. A 31-year old Agriculturist, Francis Ainoo is running for the CPP, while Francis Sekum, 60 and a ship-wright contesting for the GCPP.
Angelina Baiden Amissah got 14,782 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 9,067 polled by Emelia Arthur for the National Reform Party (NRP). Since the NRP did not contest, the NDC will replace it but has to work very hard to take seat but still it will be a herculean task for the NDC to take over from the NPP.
For Suaman, a 24-year old student, Daniel Tetteh, is standing for the PNC, while a 36-year-old purchasing clerk, Affum Sylvester, is running for the CPP, with Eric Theophilus Tandoh, 36, a proprietor, contesting for the NPP, while a 58-year old teacher, S.M.E.K Ackah, is standing for the NDC.
In the 2004 election, Ackah Stephen Michael Essuah polled 6,931 votes to win the seat for the NDC, as against the 5,063 Prof Kojo Kwarteng got for the NPP. It is likely that the NDC will protect the seat unless the NPP works hard.
In Takoradi, a 42-year-old, Godwill Abaka, is running for the seat as an independent candidate, while a 51- year old educationist, Kobina Prah Annan, is contesting for the NDC, with Eustace Kwesi Gyakyi Haizel, 44, a legal practitioner running for the CPP, while a 34-year old Bio-chemist and a development Consultant, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is contesting for the NPP.
Mrs Gladys Asmah polled 25,714 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 7,894 for Esther Lily Nkansah of the NDC. The very wide margin, coupled with the fact that the NPP has retained the seat since 1996 is a clear indication that the NPP will retain it in this election, despite the change in the candidature.
For Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Gifty Eugenia Kusi (Mrs) 50, a Social Scientist is contesting for the NPP, while a 55-year old teacher, Christina Kobinah (Mrs), is running for the NDC, with a 44-year old Lawyer, Yaw Anokye Frimpong, running for the CPP.
In the 2004 election, Gifty Eugenia Kusi polled 32,154 votes to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 14,506 Solomon Kwabena Amoah got for the NDC, and it is likely that the NPP will retain the seat as a result of the vast difference.
The Western Region has 22 constituencies, out of which NPP has 12, NDC, eight with the Convention People’s Party (CPP) having two.
For this year’s December election a total of 90 candidates filed their nominations to contest the elections in the Western Region. The NDC is contesting in all the 22 constituencies, NPP 21, CPP 21, the People’s National Convention (PNC) eight, the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) two, the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) and the Great Consolidated People’s Party (GCPP) two, with eight people contesting as independent parliamentary candidates.
In the Ahanta West constituency, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), a 56 year old Agriculturist, Samuel Johnfiah, is the candidate for NPP while a 52-year old trader, Madam Comfort Amoo, is standing for the DFP, with David Oscar Yawson a 31-year old Geo-information Scientist is contesting on the ticket of the CPP, with a 44-year-old teacher Mr Joseph Jones Amoah is standing for the NDC.
In the 2004 elections, Samuel Johnfiah won the seat for the NPP by securing 22,615 votes, while Joseph Jones Amoah, who stood for the NDC, got 7,345 votes which is an indication that the NPP has the chance to retain the seat in this year’s election, all things being equal.
In the Amenfi Central, a 39-year old Public Servant, Padmore Kofi Yonkopa Arthur, is contesting on the ticket of the NPP, while a 51-year old marine engineer, Peter Yaw Kwakye Ackah, is standing as an independent candidate, with a 38- year old accountant, James Boateng, contesting for the CPP, and a 39-year old teacher, George Kofi Arthur is running on the ticket of the NDC.
In the 2004 elections, Kofi Arthur stood for the NDC and won the parliamentary seat with 14,139 votes, while Peter Kwakye Ackah, now going independent, stood for the NPP and secured 14,004 votes. Now that Kwakye-Ackah has decided to go independent, maybe the NPP votes would split in favour of the NDC.
For this year’s election, a 57-year old teacher, Mrs Agnes Sonful, is contesting on the ticket of the NPP in the Amenfi West, while a 49-year old teacher, John Gyetuah, the incumbent, is running for the NDC, with a 61-year old trainer/consultant, Anthony Kwame Enimil, contesting for the CPP.
In the previous election, John Gyetuah secured 15,233 votes to win the seat for the NDC, while Agnes Sonful got 13,108 votes for the NPP. The margin is such that the NPP would have to intensify its campaign in the constituency, if it wants to overtake the NDC.
For Amenfi East, a 51-year old lecturer, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the incumbent NPP MP is contesting for the party, while a 50-year-old system/electrical engineer, Samuel Yaw Obeng-Damoah, is running for the CPP, with a 51-year old Management Consultant, Akwasi Opong Fosu is contesting for the NDC.
In the 2004 election, Joseph Boahen Aidoo polled 23,937 votes to win the seat for the NPP, Osei Kuffour Omooyey, who stood for the NDC, polled 12,370 votes. The situation is such that the NPP stands the chance of retaining the seat, if things work the same way as they worked in the previous election.
A 54-year old teacher, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, is running for the NPP in the Aowin constituency while a 27-year old self-employed Ebenezer Ebbi Kwaw Dankwa is contesting for the PNC, and Martin Boadi, a 29-year-old accountant, contesting for the CPP, with Mathias Kwame Ntow, a 51-year-old teacher, running for the NDC.
In Aowin, in the 2004 election, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi polled 22,059 votes to win the seat for the NPP, as against 16,358 votes secured by John Kwekucher Ackah who stood for the NDC. This indicates that the NPP has the advantage and that the NDC has to do its home work well.
For Bia, a 32-year old Lawyer, Anthony Marshall Arpoh is contesting on the ticket of the NPP, while Michael Coffie Boampong, 46 the incumbent is running for the NDC, with Kwaku Affukaah, a 51-year-old timber merchant going independent, while Philemon Armah, 33, a teacher, is running for the CPP. Augustine Duku, 34, an engineer, is standing for the DFP, with Alex Ackah Korsah, 46, a teacher, contesting for the DPP.
In the 2004 election, Michael Coffie Boampong won massively for the NDC by polling 36,014 votes, as against the 17,607 votes Anthony Marshall Arpoh got for the NPP. In this case the NPP had a herculean task in the constituency.
A 45-year-old administrator the incumbent Christopher Addae, is contesting the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai seat on the ticket of NPP, while a 55-year-old economist, Seidu Paakuna Adamu, is running for the NDC, with Gyasi Newlove, 36-year-old teacher, standing for the CPP and Alice Philipa Gyamfi, a 45-years-old stenographer, running for the DFP.
Chistopher Addae polled 24,333 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, while Seidu Paakuna Adamu got 22,370 votes for the NDC. The situation is such that the race is still open.
In Effia Kwesimintsim, Joe Baidoe Ansah the current MP 44, and a communications professional, is contesting on the ticket of the NPP, while a 53-year old legal practitioner Joseph Abekah is running for the CPP, with Barnabas Impraim, 43, an electrician, standing for the PNC, while Ambrose Sessah Ankrah, 43 and a maritime administrator, is contesting for the NDC. A 39-year-old wood technician, Innocent Asamoah, is contesting for the GCPP, while Philip Buckman, 35 is going as an independent candidate.
Joe Baidoe-Ansah won massively for the NPP in the 2004 election by polling 36,936 votes, as against the 13,660 polled by George Kweku Christian, who stood for the NDC. So it is clear that the NPP still has the chance to win the seat.
For Ellembele, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, 42 an administrator, is contesting for the NDC, while Maxwell Amuah Essien, 30, and also an administrator, is running as an independent candidate, with a 56-year old Barrister Freddie Blay contesting for the CPP. Kodwoe Yankson, 52, a lawyer, and a 30-year-old TV producer, Mathias Boateng, are contesting as independent candidates.
Freddie Blay won convincingly in the 2004 election when he polled 18,428 votes, as against the 11,322 votes Kaku Korsah got for the NDC. This means that the CPP has advantage to retain the seat.
In Essikado/Ketan, a 60-year-old accounts clerk, John Eghan, is running for the CPP, while Victor Henry Abbey-Hart, 44 and an accountant is contesting for the NDC, with a 55-year-old agriculturist, Emmanuel Victor Grayham standing for the PNC, while Joe Ghartey, 47 a lawyer, is contesting for the NPP.
Joe Ghartey polled 24,078 votes in the 2004 elections to win massively for the NPP, while David Mensah, who stood for the NDC, got 8,976 votes. So one can conclude that the constituency is a no go area for the NDC.
Catherine Abelema Afeku, a 41-year-old communications professional, is contesting the Evalue Gwira seat for the NPP, while Peter Arde-Kodwo, 56 and a lecturer, is standing for the NDC, with a 63-year old lawyer, Kojo Armah, contesting for the CPP.
In the 2004 election, Kojo Armah polled 10,377 votes to win the seat for the CPP, since the NPP did not put a candidate to contest the seat. The NDC got 6,150 votes. Now that the NPP is contesting the seat, the likelihood that the occupancy of the seat will change is very clear.
A 64-year-old scientist, Lee Ocran the incumbent is contesting the Jomoro seat, while a new entrant, a 48-year old educationist and journalist, Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah, is running for the CPP, with a 34-year-old educationist and also a journalist, Martin Nyameke Ackah, standing for the NPP, while Jemaima Soboe, 41 and a hairdresser, is contesting for the PNC.
In the 2004 election, Lee Ocran polled 16,490 votes to win the seat for the NDC, as against the 14,835 Anthony Ransford Tandoh won for the NPP. The NPP has the chance to make amends.
In the Juaboso Constituency, a 34-year-old administrator, Ahi John, is running for the NPP, while a 36-year old businessman Boadi Francis is standing for the CPP, with a 41-year-old farmer Ayagibah Isaac is contesting for the PNC and Samson Ahi, a 36-year-old businessman the incumbent is running for the NDC.
In the 2004 election, Sampson Ahi polled 33,411 votes to win the seat for the NDC, while Francis Assuah polled 15,935 votes for the NPP. The difference, as well as the fact that the NPP had never won in the constituency, is a clear indication that NDC will continue to dominate the area.
For the Mpohor Wassa East, a 50-year-old consultant, Mary Ankomah, is contesting on the ticket of the CPP, while a 56-year-old journalist, Anthony Evans Amoah, the current MP running for the NPP, with Anthony Bassaw, 56 a lecturer is contesting for the NDC.
In the 2008 election, Anthony Evans Amoah polled 19, 635 to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 10,691 Mary Ankomah for the CPP. The wide margin gives the NPP the advantage to retain the seat only if it will do its homework very well.
Albert Kwaku Obbin, 52 and a teacher, is running for the Prestea Huni Valley seat on the ticket of the NPP, while a 51-year-old lawyer, Mubashir Taminu Dari, is contesting for the CPP, with Francis Adu-Blay Koffie standing for the NDC. Edwin Asare, 22 and an electrician, is contesting for the DPP, while Charles Kojo Adu-Fordjour, a 30-year-old civil engineer, is running for the DFP, with Osei Kuffour Omooyey, 51 and a farmer, contesting as an independent candidate.
Albert Kwaku Obbin polled 23,852 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, while an independent candidate, Samuel Plange Kaye, got 16,441 votes. With the wide margin the scale is likely to tip in favour of the NPP.
A 36-year old accounts officer, Appiah-Kubi Baidoo, is contesting the Akontombra seat on the ticket of the NPP, while Herod Cobbina, 52 and a farmer, is running on the NDC ticket, with Kwaku Duah, 33, a farmer, standing for the DFP.
Herod Cobbina polled 14,477 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat, for NDC, with Appiah-Kubi Baidoo polling 10,060 votes for the NPP. The NPP will have to work extra hard, if it wants to take the seat but it is likely that the NDC will also work hard to retain it.
In Sefwi Wiawso, Kwaku Afriyie (Dr), 54 a consultant, is contesting for the NPP, while a 50-year old teacher, Evans Paul Aidoo, is running for the NDC, with Kingsley Sarfo-Nyamekye, 51 a businessman, running for the CPP.
In the previous election, Evans Paul Aidoo got 26,095 votes to win the seat for the NDC, while Kwaku Afriyie (Dr) polled 16,855 votes for the NPP. The big difference in the votes indicates that the NDC is likely to retain the seat, unless the NPP works extra hard.
Papa Owusu-Ankomah 50, a Lawyer is contesting for the Sekondi seat on the ticket of the NPP, while Frederick Akor Larbi, a 45-year-old accountant, is running for the PNC, with Betty Bosumtwi-Sam, 42 a teacher, is standing on the ticket of the NDC. Mrs Hildergard Krakue, 43, and a secretary, is running for the CPP, while a 46-year-old businessman Oliver Peter Vanderpuye-Orgle is contesting for the DFP.
In the 2004 election, Papa Owusu Ankomah polled 17,433 votes to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 8,086 votes Betty Bosumtwi-Sam got for the NDC, which shows clearly that the NPP will retain the seat unless the NDC works extra hard.
Gabriel Kodwo Essilfie, 58, a chartered accountant, is contesting the Shama seat on the ticket of the NDC, while a 54-year-old educationist, Angelina Baiden Amissah, is running for the NPP, with Francis Nana Akorligah M. Kwofie, 37 a farmer is standing for the PNC. A 31-year old Agriculturist, Francis Ainoo is running for the CPP, while Francis Sekum, 60 and a ship-wright contesting for the GCPP.
Angelina Baiden Amissah got 14,782 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 9,067 polled by Emelia Arthur for the National Reform Party (NRP). Since the NRP did not contest, the NDC will replace it but has to work very hard to take seat but still it will be a herculean task for the NDC to take over from the NPP.
For Suaman, a 24-year old student, Daniel Tetteh, is standing for the PNC, while a 36-year-old purchasing clerk, Affum Sylvester, is running for the CPP, with Eric Theophilus Tandoh, 36, a proprietor, contesting for the NPP, while a 58-year old teacher, S.M.E.K Ackah, is standing for the NDC.
In the 2004 election, Ackah Stephen Michael Essuah polled 6,931 votes to win the seat for the NDC, as against the 5,063 Prof Kojo Kwarteng got for the NPP. It is likely that the NDC will protect the seat unless the NPP works hard.
In Takoradi, a 42-year-old, Godwill Abaka, is running for the seat as an independent candidate, while a 51- year old educationist, Kobina Prah Annan, is contesting for the NDC, with Eustace Kwesi Gyakyi Haizel, 44, a legal practitioner running for the CPP, while a 34-year old Bio-chemist and a development Consultant, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is contesting for the NPP.
Mrs Gladys Asmah polled 25,714 votes in the 2004 election to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 7,894 for Esther Lily Nkansah of the NDC. The very wide margin, coupled with the fact that the NPP has retained the seat since 1996 is a clear indication that the NPP will retain it in this election, despite the change in the candidature.
For Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Gifty Eugenia Kusi (Mrs) 50, a Social Scientist is contesting for the NPP, while a 55-year old teacher, Christina Kobinah (Mrs), is running for the NDC, with a 44-year old Lawyer, Yaw Anokye Frimpong, running for the CPP.
In the 2004 election, Gifty Eugenia Kusi polled 32,154 votes to win the seat for the NPP, as against the 14,506 Solomon Kwabena Amoah got for the NDC, and it is likely that the NPP will retain the seat as a result of the vast difference.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
CPP TO REDESIGN, REDEVELOP WESTERN REGION — NDUOM (PAGE 14)
The Presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, has promised the chiefs and people of the Western Region that when the party is voted into power it will transform the respective communities into modern ones.
He said the communities would have proper waste management systems, public parks, libraries, schools, good drinking water and health facilities.
He said the road network would be rebuilt to first class standards that befit the status of a resource-rich area of the country.
Dr Nduom made the promise at a meeting with the chiefs of Ahanta, at Essikadu as part of his campaign tour of the Western Region.
He emphasised that a CPP government would ensure that bad and dangerous roads became a thing of the past in the region, adding “From Elubo to Enchi to Dadieso and from Samreboi to Prestea and other points would be built a first class road system.’’
“On the other hand, old towns and cities such as Tarkwa, Prestea, Takoradi, Sekondi, Enchi, Dadieso, Samreboi, Asankragua, Axim and others will be redesigned and rebuilt, while new ones will be planned and built to suit the 21st Century,” he explained.
Dr Nduom said if elected his government would completely restructure the railway system and expand it to reach the northern part of the country.
This, he explained, would include the implementation of light rail systems in the major cities so that Sekondi and Takoradi would become active once again.
In the area of education, he said the CPP if elected, would reintroduce free, compulsory education from kindergarten to senior high school and make it continuous so that every child in the country could get a good education.
“We intend also to build complete school compounds that have classrooms, toilet and kitchen facilities, libraries, computer and science laboratories, sports facilities and houses for the teachers in every community,” he added, saying “Children sitting under trees and pretending to be in school will be a thing of the past”.
According to the CPP flag bearer, his government would ensure that proper and modern fish landing facilities existed with complete fishing harbours that had decent places for women to process fish as well as a boat repair centre.
“We will also act with a sense of urgency to protect our fishing grounds from the illegal activities of the big, and mostly foreign fishing trawlers,” he said, adding “We plan to support our local fishermen to acquire bigger and modern fishing trawlers so that we can develop big business people in the industry”.
Dr Nduom said the CPP would re-develop Nkroful and Half Assini to befit the memory of the founder of the nation, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, and turn them into international tourist sites.
He said the communities would have proper waste management systems, public parks, libraries, schools, good drinking water and health facilities.
He said the road network would be rebuilt to first class standards that befit the status of a resource-rich area of the country.
Dr Nduom made the promise at a meeting with the chiefs of Ahanta, at Essikadu as part of his campaign tour of the Western Region.
He emphasised that a CPP government would ensure that bad and dangerous roads became a thing of the past in the region, adding “From Elubo to Enchi to Dadieso and from Samreboi to Prestea and other points would be built a first class road system.’’
“On the other hand, old towns and cities such as Tarkwa, Prestea, Takoradi, Sekondi, Enchi, Dadieso, Samreboi, Asankragua, Axim and others will be redesigned and rebuilt, while new ones will be planned and built to suit the 21st Century,” he explained.
Dr Nduom said if elected his government would completely restructure the railway system and expand it to reach the northern part of the country.
This, he explained, would include the implementation of light rail systems in the major cities so that Sekondi and Takoradi would become active once again.
In the area of education, he said the CPP if elected, would reintroduce free, compulsory education from kindergarten to senior high school and make it continuous so that every child in the country could get a good education.
“We intend also to build complete school compounds that have classrooms, toilet and kitchen facilities, libraries, computer and science laboratories, sports facilities and houses for the teachers in every community,” he added, saying “Children sitting under trees and pretending to be in school will be a thing of the past”.
According to the CPP flag bearer, his government would ensure that proper and modern fish landing facilities existed with complete fishing harbours that had decent places for women to process fish as well as a boat repair centre.
“We will also act with a sense of urgency to protect our fishing grounds from the illegal activities of the big, and mostly foreign fishing trawlers,” he said, adding “We plan to support our local fishermen to acquire bigger and modern fishing trawlers so that we can develop big business people in the industry”.
Dr Nduom said the CPP would re-develop Nkroful and Half Assini to befit the memory of the founder of the nation, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, and turn them into international tourist sites.
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