Christopher Asamaning (left) presenting a citation to Catherine Afeku
The youth of Gwira Asonti in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region have highly commended their Member of Parliament (MP), Catherine Abelema Afeku, for being development-oriented, saying she should be retained as MP to continue her good works.
At the official inauguration of ‘Concerned Youth of Asonti for Catherine’ (COYAC), Vice-President of the group, Christopher Asamaning, urged the good people of Evalue-Gwira Ajomoro Constituency to rally behind the MP to continue to develop the area.
He described Catherine Afeku as a hard-working minister who had championed the setting up of a modern DVLA office in the Nzema East Municipality.
He pointed out that the NPP government was constructing a sea defence project and a fishing harbour in the area and Ms. Afeku had been instrumental in helping to bring massive projects to the area. He added that the projects were creating direct and indirect jobs for the youth of the area.
“Even though the residents of Asonti have been voting for the NDC since 1992, the people have now realized that the constituency was seeing more developmental projects under the current NPP government,” he said.
He, therefore, pleaded with the constituents to put their ‘political colours’ aside and support Ms. Afeku to develop the area to improve the living standards of the people.
He expressed optimism that Ms. Afeku would retain the Evalue-Adjomoro Gwira Constituency seat in 2020 to set a record of being the first sitting MP to win the seat back to back since 1992.
The minister assured the youth that the Akufo-Addo government was determined to ensure equitable distribution of national resources in every part of the country, saying the NPP government was fulfilling all the promises it made to the people of Nzema East prior to the 2016 general elections.
The MP said she had managed to connect Gwira-Eshiem, Bamianko, Kutukrom, Gwira-Banso and Gwira-Asonwah to telecommunication networks, and added that Gwira Asonti would soon be connected under the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC).
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area, Frank Okpeyen, commended the MP for developing the Gwira area more than any MP since 1992.
From Emmanuel Opoku, GwiraAsonti