Kumasi, May 2, GNA - Madam Patricia Appiagyei, the newly-elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Asokwa, has expressed gratitude to supporters and delegates for their unflinching support that earned her a landslide victory in their just-ended parliamentary primaries.

She indicated that the massive votes she polled was a testimony of the confidence the people had in her and promised to bring all on board in her campaigns ahead of the 2012 general elections. "Now that the elections have ended, I am looking forward to pursuing an all-inclusive campaign to foster unity and purpose whiles brightening the party's chances come the next elections," she said. Madam Appiagyei was speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at her Asokwa residence in Kumasi soon after she had been given the mandate to represent the party as parliamentary candidate for the Constituency.

She said she intended to work in close collaboration with the constituency executives, her opponent in the primary and other key stakeholders for the realization of her objectives and the party as a whole.

Madam Appiagyei, a former Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), noted that she would work harder to bring her expertise to bear for the accelerated development of women, youth and party faithful in general.

She stated that issues bothering on women were very dear to her heart as women empowerment was indispensable to achieving a breakthrough in the socio-economic endeavours of the nation. Madam Appiagyei tasked the party's activists to at all times bury their differences and be supportive of her activities and programmes in the interest of the party.

Meanwhile, there was wild jubilation amongst some NPP supporters soon after the former MCE was declared winner having polled 287 votes to beat the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Maxwell Kofi Jumah, who had 167 votes.

A section of the supporters clad in the party's paraphernalia thronged Madam Appiagyei's residence where they sang and chanted the party's songs and slogan.