The president of the Fomena nuclear power plant resigns for health reasons

Thursday, December 31, 2020 Policy

Source: Daily mail

2020-12-31

The chairman of the electoral district of the ruling Fomena nuclear power plant in the Ashanti region, Akwasi Nti Asamoah, has announced his resignation on health grounds.

This was contained in a letter addressed to the rank and file of the party, including President Akufo-Addo.

In the letter seen by dailymailgh.com, Akwasi Nti said his decision follows the advice of medical professionals to “leave active politics.”

Having served the party in various roles, the NPP stalwart believes it is time to make way for others to do the same.

“Despite my resignation, I want to give the strongest assurance that I will continue to support the party in all its capacity and that I will make possible the consolidation of the achievements made since the formation of the PNP,” he wrote.

“It has been a great honor to serve my people and the Great Family of Elephants,” he added.

Mr. Akwasi Nti Asamoah joined the PNP in 1992 as a neighborhood youth organizer. He later rose through the ranks of a ward president, a constituency youth organizer, and was later elected president.

Before the 2020 election, he was charged with conspiring to remove incumbent MP Andrew Amoako Asiamah.

Asiamah, after prolonged disagreement with the president of the Fomena constituency and other executives of the PNP constituency, left the party to run as an independent parliamentary candidate.

The decision moved the PNP leadership from Accra to Fomena, including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to ask him to rescind his decision so that the candidate selected by the PNP, Philip Ofori-Asante, could contest the elections unopposed.

However, the party leader’s intervention did not prevent Andrew Amoako Asiamah from contesting the Fomena seat in the 2020 parliamentary elections.

He obtained twelve thousand eight hundred five (12,805) votes, defeating the PNP candidate, Mr. Philip Ofori-Asante, who obtained ten thousand seven hundred ninety-eight (10,798) of the valid votes cast.

NDC candidate Christina Ama Ranson had 2,608 votes and another candidate Eric Appiagyei also got one hundred fifty-eight (158) of the total valid votes cast. The total number of votes cast was 26,616, with 26,369 valid votes cast and 247 rejected votes.