Get ready for the voters registration program - Minority Leader

08 Feb 2012 158 news, politics
Mr Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu, the Minority Leader, has urged all qualified voters to ensure that they get their names in the electoral roll when the nationwide biometric registration exercise begins. He said it was by so doing that they could exercise their franchise in the coming December general elections. Mr Mensah Bonsu, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame was interacting with his constituents at Old Suame in Kumasi to gauge their concerns and articulate these on the floor of the House. He warned against the temptation of engaging double registration, saying, offenders would be prosecuted. He reiterated his determination to bring development to the people through the provision and improvement of existing social amenities in the area. Some significant progress had been made in this direction and evidence of this in found in classroom blocks built in a number of the communities, supply of exercise books, furniture and computers to schools there. Added to these is the provision of scholarship to brilliant but needy students in the constituency. Mr Mensah-Bonsu said there were plans to build a community health center to make quality health care accessible to the people. Mr Asiedu Keteke, the assembly member for Old Suame, commended the MP for the tremendous effort he was making towards the socio-economic development of the area. He appealed to him to support them to carry out expansion works at the Old Suame market as well as the improvement of the street lights system to enhance security.

Source: Ghana News Agency