COME OUT AND VOTE IN THE IMPENDING DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ELECTION
December 24, 2010The
Founder and CEO of Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), a human rights and
anti-corruption media organization based in Sunyani, Raphael Godlove
Ahenu has called on Ghanaians to take the impending District Assembly
election very seriously and come out to vote massively for competent
Assembly members for their respective electoral areas.
According
to him, it is worrying that many Ghanaians have decided not to vote in
the impending District Assembly election which is scheduled to take
place on the 28th of this month.
Mr.
Ahenu expressed this sentiment during a voter education forum with
members of the Christian Mother’s Association and Catholic Women
Association of the Catholic Church at Odumase, the District Capital of
the Sunyani West in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
He
said it is important that every eligible voter votes to decide how the
social, economic and political affairs of their respective Assemblies
are managed. According to him, Assemblies are
responsible for the overall development of their Districts, saying the
pace of development depends largely on the quality of representation.
The
major development interventions by the Assemblies, he said include
provision of basic amenities such as schools, hospitals, water, markets,
lorry parks and roads, among others. Mr. Ahenu
observed that many people have no interest in the District Assembly
election because District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies in the
country have failed to meet the needs of the citizens and politicization
of the Assembly system.
These according to the CEO of GLOMEF, have influenced many Ghanaians to lose interest in the decentralization concept. He appealed to the electorate to vote for women aspirants in their various electoral areas.
The
Leader of the Women, Augustina Twumawaa, urged women to take a keen
interest in the decision-making process by take part in the impending
Assembly election. She advised them to educate their girl child to prepare them for leadership positions in the future.
Posted by GLOBAL MEDIA FOUNDATION.
