UPPER EAST PNC SECRETARY TO CONTEST LAWRA-NANDOM SEAT

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga

THE Upper East Regional Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mr Henry Fatchu, has declared his intention to contest the parliamentary seat of Lawra/Nandom on the party’s ticket.
The 32-year-old graduate from the University of Ghana told the Daily Graphic in Bolgatanga that his intention to contest the seat was due to “pressure and several calls on him by the youth, who said they needed a young, dynamic and vibrant member of parliament who will articulate the views of the people and the development agenda of the constituency”.
He said most people he had spoken to especially the youth said they were disappointed with the way the constituency lagged behind in development.
“The youth have therefore seen me as an inspired leader who can be trusted to make their dreams of getting jobs come true and the sight of women queuing for water at the few boreholes to be things of the past,” he said.
 Mr Fatchu asserted that the constituency had been neglected in spite of the many revenue avenues that abound and said this was not good.
“Several revenue avenues exist but these have remained untouched by the assembly to create the needed job for the youth. Such avenues include the place where Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the Republic of Ghana, was imprisoned, the Brefo Shrine, the slave route at Kussele, a suburb of Nandom, and the largest church in West Africa built of stones at Nandom,” he said.
Mr Fatchu said if elected member of parliament (MP), he would pursue such issues and with the support of the youth help to make the constituency an enviable place for all to live in, rather than have people migrating to the south in pursuit of non-existent jobs.
He called on people in the constituency particularly to ensure that their names were recorded in the electoral register, when the EC begins the registration exercise, stressing that that was the only way they could become eligible voters for the December elections.