Issah Alhassan
11 November 2009
Kumasi — The Kwadaso constituency of the opposition New Patriotic Party has elected 63 year old Businessman, Mr. Bonna Boadi as its new constituency chairman, to be the first constituency in the Kumasi Metropolis to conduct its congress after the rectification of the party's constitution.
Mr. Bonna polled a total of 232 votes to beat his opponents, Alhaji Attah, who secured 50 votes in the election which was held last Sunday under the supervision of the Electoral Commission. Contrary to rumours that the election would be wrought with violence, the constituency executives conducted a peaceful election in an atmosphere of calm and serenity to elect executives to steer the affairs of the party in the next four years.
Apart from the Chairman and the Women's Organizer positions, all the seven executives were elected unopposed, with Mrs. Constance Osei overthrowing the incumbent, Florence Saahene with 217 and 66 votes respectively. Both Edward Kyeremeh and Samuel Osei Bonsu, the first and second vice Chairmen respectively as well as the secretary and the two Organizers, were all retained unopposed.
Addressing the delegates after the elections, the MP for the area, Hon Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, appealed to all respective winners to work hard in order to consolidate the dominance of the party in the constituency.He noted that the battle for the 2012 elections had already started and urged all to close their ranks and work in collaboration with the executives in the interest of the party.
Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie observed that signs of NDC defeat in the next elections were already manifesting in the lack of confidence the public have in them and stressed that it was the duty of the party to position itself adequately for the next elections. The MP pledged to support the executives in all their duties.
In his victory address, Mr.Bonna promised to work hard to increase the votes achieved by the party during the previous elections. Official swearing in of the ten executive members, including 305 polling station members elected few months ago was conducted by the party's Regional Organizer, Mr. Mohammed Abdullah.
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