Manboah elected NDC candidate for Nkwanta North Constituency for Nkwanta North constituency

Page 16, Dec 17, 2007
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

A GHANAIAN lecturer at the Texas Southern University in the United States, Dr Joseph K Manboah, has been elected the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Nkwanta North in the Volta Region.
He was unanimously elected when his only challenger, Mr Paul Gyato, pulled out to support him.
Dr Manboah, who is a professor in international relations, told journalists in Accra that he would use his experience to ensure rapid socio-economic development in the area.
He said his main concern would be to ensure mechanised agriculture to enable farmers to reap the benefits of their labour over the years.
Dr Manboah added that education would also be his priority if given the nod to become the Member of Parliament for the area.
The Nkwanta North Constituency, being occupied by the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph kwaku Nayan, is the only seat that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) won during the 2004 general election in the region.
But the NDC candidate assured his supporters that he was going to work hard to wrest the seat from the NPP, come 2008 elections.
He expressed regret that in spite of working hard over the year, people in the Nkwanta South area continued to live in deprivation and promised to change the situation.
Dr Manboah thanked the delegates from the 51 polling stations who attended the constituency conference for the confidence reposed in him, and urged both NDC and NPP supporters in the area to vote for him during the election.
The NDC MP for Nkwanta South, Mr Geshon Gbediame, said the people had tried both the NDC and NPP and would surely make a better choice by voting for the NDC in 2008.
Meanwhile, Dr Manboah has presented assorted books worth millions of Ghana cedis to schools in the Kpasa community in the constituency.
The books were donations from the Pasedena Independent School District in Pasedena, Texas, which Dr Manboah solicited to assist schools in the Nkwanta area.
Dr Manboah said he paid over GH ¢15,000 (¢150 million) for freight, handling and other expenses before delivering the books to the beneficiaries.
He urged pupils and students in the area to assimilate reading habit in order to be able to rub shoulders with their counterparts from other parts of the country and beyond.