Page 17, May 15, 2008
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah
THE incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima-Nwabiagya, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, has once again secured the mandate of the party to contest its parliamentary seat during the December polls.
He beat his rival, Mr James Adusei-Sarkodie, a former MP for the area, by 112 votes to two at the constituency’s delegates congress held at Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region last Monday.
This was the second time that the MP had been elected to contest the Atwima-Nwabiagya seat on the ticket of the ruling NPP.
Mr Owusu-Bio, who was highly elated when he spoke to the Daily Graphic on phone soon after his elections, expressed appreciation to the delegates for the confidence reposed in him and promised not to disappoint them.
“I am going to work hard to win the seat once again to maintain NPP’s dominance,” he said, adding that the National Democratic Congress and other parties would not be able to pose any threat to his ambition to win the seat again.
Mr Owusu-Bio said now that the contest was over, it was necessary for the entire membership of the party to unite in order to defeat their opponents, both in the Presidential and parliamentary elections.
The MP stressed the need for NPP supporters to avoid complacency and work harder than ever before to educate the people on what the government had been able to do in the face of difficulties over the past seven years.
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