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General news for Monday, October 19, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-10-19
John Dumelo addressing his campaign launch
The NDC parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has criticized the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area, Mrs. Lydia Seyram Alhassan, for what he describes as her refusal to ensure the social welfare and development of the voters while harboring a tendency to jump into action every time he (Dumelo) makes a move in that direction.
According to Dumelo, the action of the MP speaks of its failure and no matter how hard it tries, it will not be able to rescue itself from the defeat of December 7.
“On Saturday of last week I went to put my boots on and got into the water. Someone also came and put on his Kaba boots and cut himself in the water. If you like it, you even have to swim in the water, you won’t win the election.
They prevented me from doing that job, but they cannot prevent us from winning. They stopped me from fixing the drain at West Legon, but they can’t stop us from winning. The seat is for us and we take the seat, ”he declared at a meeting of the party’s faithful and supporters on Sunday, October 18, 2020, when he launched his campaign at Bawaleshi School Park.
Ayawaso West Wuogon’s race will possibly be the most interesting in the parliamentary elections on December 7.
Long before he got his party’s nomination, John Dumelo of the Democratic National Congress gave a strong signal to incumbent Lydia Alhassan of the New Patriotic Party of his intention to be the opponent who will make her run for her money.
As part of his way of reaching out to the people of Ayawaso West, John Dumelo a few months ago hired bulldozers to dredge some drains in the West Legon area due to the problems that residents in that area face when there is heavy rain.
However, it was reported that the Ayawaso Municipal Assembly had asked him to stop dredging until the Assembly granted him a permit. The Assembly’s action was interpreted by many as politically motivated.
Months later, when it rained heavily last week, parts of the West Legon area and other areas of the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency were heavily flooded.
Some residents of the area, as well as the NDC parliamentary candidate, linked the flood to the Assembly’s refusal to allow dredging and accused the assembly of doing so for political reasons.
Minutes after the rain stopped last Saturday, John Dumelo was seen in pictures and videos shared on social media walking through the floodwaters visiting some residents to find out how they had been affected by the rain and later in the day, it looked the same. the Member of Parliament, Lydia Alhassan.
Speaking during his campaign launch on Sunday, Mr. Dumelo, who reiterated his confidence in winning the Ayawso West race, indicated that the many social interventions he has undertaken in the constituency are only a prelude to what he intends to do for the people as a member. of parliament.
“Last year when I won the primaries, I went to work and I can tell you for sure that things are happening in Ayawaso West Wuogon. We are sharing laptops, not that when we come, we will share, we are already sharing laptops. We are already creating jobs, they claim One District One Factory, I don’t see any factory in Ayawaso West Wuogon, I will make that factory and produce that factory in Ayawos West Wuogon.
He cannot come and lie to us that he will do the thing when he is not doing it. I’m here to do it and I will. I already started doing it. Last week I started or inaugurated my mushroom cultivation, that is what we are going to implement to create a factory in Ayawaso Oeste. So that we can create jobs for everyone, ”he said.
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