Aspirant in NDC Kpone-Katamanso Parliamentary Primaries Seeks Votes Based on Track Record, Not Ethnicity

Mr. Emmanuel Azubila Abdul-Salam, an aspirant in the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kpone-Katamanso Constituency parliamentary primaries, has called for an end to voting on ethnic lines. He stated that the era of delegates voting based on ethnicity had passed, making the contest open to all candidates, regardless of their ethnic background. Mr. Abdul-Salam emphasized that the constituency has moved away from ethnic considerations, and urged delegates to focus on candidates’ messages, track record, and capabilities.

For the most part, Kpone-Katamanso has been voting for indigenes, according to some political comments. However, Mr. Abdul Salam noted that the situation could go against his quest to become the parliamentary candidate for his party in the constituency for the 2024 elections. He explained that, apart from Kpone-on-sea, the rest of the constituency spanning Kokompe, Bediako, Gbetseley, Michel Camp, Katamanso, and Community 25 and their environs were cosmopolitan in nature, and their register for the election also reflected the same.

Mr. Abdul-Salam’s background in civil society and politics gives him a strong grounding in the NDC in the constituency. He served as branch secretary and ward organizer for 14 years, contested the Greater Accra Regional Deputy Secretary position and the Constituency Secretary in 2018, and founded the Anchoring Democracy Advocacy Movement-Ghana (ADAM-Ghana), a civil society organization. He led a series of demonstrations to call for better pay for public sector workers, protesting the paltry four percent increment in their salaries.

If elected as the candidate and, subsequently, the MP for the area, Mr. Abdul-Salam’s major project would be women’s empowerment. He would pull strings to ensure that the area got a central multipurpose 2,000-store market to provide the needed jobs for the women. He promised to use his position to lobby the government, ministries, institutions, and individuals both locally and internationally to achieve his target of empowering the women of Kpone-Katamanso. As an engineer by profession, he would use his expertise to solve these problems.

In summary, Mr. Abdul-Salam’s track record speaks for itself, and he has a clear vision for Kpone-Katamanso’s development. He urged delegates not to play the ethnicity card but to look at candidates’ messages, track record, and capabilities when voting. He called on the NDC delegates of Kpone-Katamanso to vote for him on May 13, 2023, to secure their future.