I am Poised to Retain Tempane Seat for NDC- Lydia Akanvariba
The Member of Parliament for Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region, Hon Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba has reiterated her commitment to work hard to retain the parliamentary seat for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 general election.
According to her, she had worked to the admiration of the constituents within her two years in office and is poised to deliver more that would grant her the chance to retain the seat for the NDC party.
Hon Lydia Akanvariba made this known after she had filed her nomination forms to contest for the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the party on May 13, 2023.
She told EXPRESSNEWSGHANA, her work on the ground would justify her merit to be retained as MP for the Tempane Constituency, one of the deprived areas of the country.
Hon Lydia Akanvariba said she is abreast with the needs of her constituents and that since becoming MP; she has brought some level of improvement in the area of education, health, water provision, the supply of Electricity and the improved connectivity of the communication network.
Currently, she said through her hard work, an NGO known as Helping Africa is putting up a Computer Lab with 50 pieces of computers inclusive of Asanka-Devices of about 500 seating capacity for youth and students in the constituency.
She said she is fully aware of the needs of her constituents and would work hard and lobby government and its agencies to bring the needed development closer to her people, saying, “I will retain the seat for the NDC and we will win the election to form the government.”
While describing herself as a development agent, Hon Lydia Lamisi said she had worked to bridge the poverty gap of the constituency through intense work with the Poverty Reduction Committee of Parliament.
She noted that her few years in parliament had equipped her politically and she has gained the experience to be able to work in fulfillment of her campaign promises in the 2020 election.
Hon Lydia Akanvariba won the 2020 election with 20,939 votes representing 55.99 percent to beat Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, the then-incumbent MP and Deputy Attorney General who managed to obtain 16,462 representing 44.01 percent.
This, she said she is ready to once again wrestle the seat and retain it for the NDC party going into the 2024 general elections and charged the party faithful and sympathizers to rally behind her.
As of Monday, March 20, Hon Lydia Akanvariba was the one aspirant who had filed her nomination papers to contest for the NDC parliamentary primaries on May 13, 2023.
Hon Lydia Akanvariba in 2019, defeated two aspirants at the party primaries to replace her late husband, David Adakudugu as the then NDC parliamentary candidate.
She polled 402 votes to beat Cletus Azaabi, a lecturer at the Saint John Bosco College of Education, Navrongo and Dr. Samuel George Anarwat, a lecturer at the University for Development Studies (UDS) City Campus, Tamale.
It is a truism that the practice of democracy in its classical form as occurred in ancient Athenian Greek is no longer possible in the modern state. Selecting leaders to represent the interests of the citizenry, particularly in the legislative arm of government is a crucial replacement for the Athenian-styled democracy.
However, the quality of representation in many African democracies, including Ghana, is poor as legislators are unable to act in a manner that promotes the interests of their constituents.
But Hon Lydia Akanvariba said the interest of her constituents remained her priority and that she would do everything humanely possible to bring development as far as she remained in parliament as their MP.
She said she visits the constituents regularly as part of the deliberate effort to dialogue and interact with them on matters directly affecting them.
She further reiterated her commitment to offering quality representation in parliament to justify the confidence reposed on her in the 2020 general election, adding that, “my duty is to connect between the interests of my constituents and the decisions taken on their behalf in parliament.”
The MP noted that the experience she gathered by participating in national and international seminars on parliamentary and human rights issues gives her the foresight to relate with her constituents and to appreciate their needs better.
Source: expressnewsghana.com
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