ABUDU TO CONTEST NPP BOLE-BAMBOI SEAT (PAGE 13, DEC 9, 2010)

A 45-YEAR-OLD accountant, Mr Adams Olando Abudu, has declared his intention to contest on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bole–Bamboi constituency in the Northern region.
Consequently, he has started meeting all stakeholders at both the constituency and regional level of the party in order to ensure that there is a united front towards the 2012 general elections.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Wa in the Upper West Region, Mr Abudu said the constituency needed a strong personality who would effectively articulate the needs of the people in the national assembly.
“The people of the constituency have regretted voting always for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidates and therefore, see the NPP as the party to salvage the situation since it is well endowed with the requisite human resource base to tackle all challenges,” he added.
According to the parliamentary aspirant, he has decided to offer himself due to several calls and appeals from the rank and file of the party who believe that he was the best person to win the seat for the NPP and also break the NDC dominance in the constituency.
He, therefore, urged delegates for the yet to be held congress to vote for a strong willed candidate who was ever ready to serve instead of one with self interest.
Mr Abudu said the NDC had woefully failed Ghanaians and must, therefore, be booted out of office for the NPP to come and repair what he called the damage done to the country by the NDC government.
He said no amount of propaganda would this time round sway Ghanaians to vote for the NDC because “our people have learnt a bitter lesson as they swallowed the lies of the NDC hook, line and sinker.”
He was hopeful that the delegates would give him the nod to enable him to prepare adequately for election 2012.
The NDC has since 1992 dominated politics in the Bole – Bamboi constituency with the current Vice – Preisdent John Mahama being the MP for twelve years before Mahama Akati, also from the NDC in 2008.