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2020 ELECTIONS: Mahama assured of victory in Asuogyaman

The Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman Constituency in the Eastern Region, Thomas Ampem Nyarko has asked former President John Dramani Mahama's campaign team not to worry about Asuogyaman Constituency since they are rather focusing on elections 2020 but not NDC presidential primaries.

Date Created : 1/15/2019 3:20:18 AM : Story Author : William Dei-Gyau/Ghanadistricts.com

According to the Asuogyaman lawmaker "it is a done deal for the former President Mahama to win the primaries, we therefore need to focus on how to wrestle power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2020 and that is what we in Asuogyaman are preparing towards".

The Member of Parliament was addressing the party's branch and constituency executives in the Asuogyaman Constituency at Akosombo during the campaign tour of the former President John Dramani Mahama in the Eastern Region which started last Monday.

"Asuogyaman has always been faithful to our party since 1992, we as a country we have conducted seven general elections and NDC out of the seven has won seven presidential elections in Asuogyaman. This mean we as a party has never lost a presidential election in this Constituency and we are positioning ourselves to keep our clean sheet comes 2020 elections" he confidently assured the former President and the Regional Executives of the party.

He said all indications are pointing to the fact that Ghanaian are ready and willing to bring back the former President.

"You Execellency from all indications, Ghanaians are suffering and are willing to bring you back to redeem us from these mess the incompetent Akufo Addo and his NPP government has sent this country to which Asuogyaman is not exception" Thomas Ampem Nyarko stated.

Thomas Ampem Nyarko then advised the NPP to stop wasting their time developing road maps towards winning the parliamentary seat since they had never won the seat but they the NDC decided on two occasions to gift them which the NDC is not willing to do in 2020.

"I want to use this opportunity to give this brotherly advice to our brothers and sisters in NPP to forget winning this parliamentary seat I am occupying in Parliament comes 2020 elections because we are not ready to gift them the seat as we did in 2004 and 2012, we are the custodian of the Asuogyaman seat in Parliament. It is better they don't waste your time developing road maps towards 2020 elections".

The Constituency Chairman Winfred Yevugah also reiterates the readiness of delegates in Asuogyaman to vote massively for the comeback of John Dramani Mahama.

He then call for unity within the ranks and files of the party stressing that is the only remedy to win power.