Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu
A group of concerned Shai and Dangme Youth in the Shai-Osudoku District has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to appoint Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu as the next District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area.
According to the group, Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu stands tall among all the candidates lobbying for such position.
The youth said they had been neglected for so long in the district, adding that this neglect accounts for the lack of development and poor performance in the constituency for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“Our chiefs know the calibre of person he is and his works are evident for the chiefs to see, and we will be surprised if the chiefs do not endorse such a person,” a press statement by the group said.
They therefore called on the President and chiefs to endorse the candidature of Dr. Nyarkotey.
“We believe in Dr. Nyarkotey, he knows our need, he grew up with us in the district, he has set up a clinic here and this is a young man appointed as a research professor at age 32 and we are proud of him. We know what he has done in the medical field championing the crusade against prostate cancer at the community, national and global levels. He has more ideas to help us develop our dear land and we know he is very passionate about the Dangme land,” they added.
Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu is a research Professor of Prostate Cancer and Holistic Medicine at Da Vinci College of Holistic Medicine, Larnaca City.
He is the faculty lead of Holistic Urology and the founder of Men’s Health Foundation Ghana, and Do it 4 Dad Foundations in Nigeria, which has become the national peak body of prostate cancer.
He is also a visiting professor of Alternative Medicine at the Green Centre for Alternative Medicine Practitioners in Lagos, Nigeria.
Dr. Nyarkotey has published extensively on prostate cancer and the Dangme people.
As a political scientist his research focuses on the Dangme people voting pattern and behaviour.
He was part of Obonu TV political analysis and Electoral Commission (EC) accredited journalist for the Dangme Media publishers of Dangme Newspaper.
As a prostate cancer policy maker, he pushed for the declaration of Father’s Day in Ghana as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Day under the John Dramani Mahama government.
He has helped raise awareness of prostate cancer globally.
According to the youth, Dr. Nyarkotey, if appointed as DCE, would help the NPP government to achieve its objectives.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri