Akomadan (Ash), Nov. 19, GNA - Supporters and activists of three political parties, on Tuesday went into frenzy of excitement as their parliamentary candidates debated to enlighten electorates on their visions and plans if given the nod to serve in parliament. The candidates from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), Convention People's Party (CPP) and the People's National Convention (PNC) participated in the debate, which was held at Akomadan in the Offinso Municipality. The candidates, Mr Augustine Collins Ntim of the NPP, Mr Kojo Appiah-Kubi, NDC, Mr Kwaku Nkansah , CPP and Mr Abdul Nasir-Dini, PNC gave good account of themselves and enumerated programmes they would implement to improve the standard of living of the people in the constituency.

They shared their vision on agriculture, good governance, women and children's issues, peace and security. The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) in collaboration with the Ghana Federation of the Disabled organised the debate. It was on the theme: "Promoting Issue-Based Campaign". Mr Ntim of the NPP said he would accelerate educational development in the constituency if given the mandate and added that he hoped to achieve this by liaising with investors whiles using part of his common fund to support his plans.

He gave promised to establish vocational and technical training centres across the constituency to help school drop-outs in particular to acquire a trade to support their livelihood. Mr Ntim again said he would establish an oil mill plant to extract and refine palm oil and kernel, adding that he would also promote good governance by regularly explaining government policies to the people at the grassroots to enable them make informed decisions. Mr Appiah-Kubi of the NDC called on the electorate to vote massively for him since the party was the only alternative capable of making the lives of Ghanaians better.

He said he would expand the school feeding programme, establish libraries to inculcate good reading habits in the students and also engage opinion leaders in all development projects. Mr Nkansah of the CPP also stressed the need for all-inclusive governance at the grassroots and said as part of his programmes, he would ensure that feeder roads were constructed to food production areas to motivate farmers to increased productivity. Mr Nasir-Dini argued that as the youngest parliamentary aspirant, he was in the best position to liaise with the youth better in addressing present needs. 19 Nov. 08