Assembly Members of Amansie West District Assembly have appealed to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to re-nominate Hon. NiiLartehOllenu for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) and called on individuals to desist from running their DCE down.
At a Press Conference addressed by the Presiding Member for Amansie West District, Dominic Kwabena Agyei, he noted that Assembly members are in strong opposition and have dissociated themselves from an earlier Press Conference by the MansoNkwanta Constituency (MNC) Nasara Coordinator, Alhaji Abdul Malik Anokye, against the re-nomination of the DCE.
He pointed out that Assembly member, as representatives of the various communities at the District Assembly, have had fruitful and enjoyable working relationship with the DCE.
“He has within the prescribed and affordability limits of the Amansie West District and the Central Government executed His Excellency, the President’s development agenda for the citizens of Amansie West District. Indeed, the President through Hon. NiiLartehOllenu has executed unprecedented projects and programs in the area of health, agriculture, education, water and sanitation, digitization, improved communication access and skills training and entrepreneurship among others to improve living standards.”
They noted that they feel satisfied with Hon. NiiLartehOllenu’s performance and are in total support of not only the Constituency Chairman’s appeal but any other one with an underlying principle of objectivity by any individual or group for the re-nomination of Hon. NiiLartehOllenu.
They described NiiLartehOllenu as a “Grassroots Leader. He is a real grassroots activist contrary to the statement made by organizers of the press conference, very mindful of the role of the grassroots as the support base in the organization and participation of any political party.
“He has on assumption of office met all Polling Station Executives, Electoral Area Coordinators and has been part of a number of executive meetings with Electoral Area Coordinators. In collaboration with the Constituency Chairman, they have purchased and distributed twenty-seven (27) brand new motorbikes to Electoral Area Coordinators who serve as the liaison between the Constituency Headquarters and the grassroots to enhance party activities.”
According to the Assembly members, it is disingenuous to tag Hon. NiiLartehOllenu as someone who did not participated in any of the campaign process in the 2020 election and that he was a member of the Constituency Campaign Team and an active member who could not have shirk that responsibility.
Broadly speaking, any activity undertaken with a view to influencing potential voters to vote or tow a particular political ideology or line of one’s preference constitute campaigning. Drawing the line, campaigning commences with registration, exhibition and voter transfer exercises through to the conduct of elections before declaration of results.
We present below a number of activities undertaken by Hon, NiiLartehOllenu during Election 2020;
They stated the many contributions and roles he played before and during the elections.
According to them, the DCE was present at the party coalition center at the Constituency office and also monitored development at the Electoral Commission Coalition Center where he left at 6:15am after the declaration of results in favour of NPP.
“For the organizers to say that he has not visited his community to the effect that ninety percent (90%) of citizens don’t know him is a weird way of forcibly finding for the DCE. Hon. NiiLartehOllenu embarked on community visitation on his assumption of duty. He programmed a 23 leg community visitation scheduled and commenced at Kobeda through Adwumam, Brofroyedru and ended at Abodom. He has visited other communities including Kwahu, Dominase, Akontam and Suntreso. He has visited virtually all communities in the District as part of the above schedule or used other occasion such as commissioning or launching of projects to familiarize himself with the communities.”
They averred that any NPP member who does not appreciate the unprecedented work by the President executed through Hon. NiiLartehOllenu as the organizers sort to suggest amount to passing an indictment verdict on the very government they profess to be championing and it is time the party reward diligence and refrain from running down candidates when the season for political appointment rear its head.
“The agenda to break the eight (8) year cycle must be fully pursued and achieved. MansoNkwanta Constituency/Amansie West District noted for its vibrant political activity and loyalty to the NPP cannot afford to write any negative history under this inevitable project under the tenure of office of His Excellency Nana AddoDarkwahAkufo-Addo.”
