MS Millicent Margaret Kwablah (alias Quist) has expressed her desire to contest the Ashaiman Night Market Electoral Area seat in the upcoming district assembly elections. A Caterer by profession, Ms Kwablah’s electoral area comprises Zongo Laka, Night Market and New Quarters, all in the Ashaiman metropolis.
According to her, the entire municipality which has 11 electoral areas with a total voter population of 50,000, has only two women among the 11 assembly representative. That she said was a stimulus for her to seek election as a first timer to the assembly.
Outlining her visions in an interview with the Daily Graphic, Ms Kwablah said there was the need to improve communication between the electorate and the assembly, as a step to enhance development within the community, stressing that poor sanitary conditions, high illiteracy rates, inadequate security, poor drainage system and non availability of proper places of convenience, were some of the issues that required immediate attention.
She stated that the yearly flooding of some areas in the municipality could be avoided with the adoption of proactive measures.
She said she was initiating moves for the reconstruction of drains along the main Night Market stretch, down to the New Quarters, to reduce the perennial flooding in the area.
She lamented the low number of female representation at the assembly and said if elected, she intended to seek support in the area of micro finance to aid women engage in small and medium scale enterprises as poverty reduction measures and offer skill training for the illiterate youth in the electoral area to provide them with employable skills.
She is also seeking support for the provision of 100 streetlights to improve security situation at the Night Market and its environs where crime rates were said to be high. Ms Kwablah has therefore called on the electorate to vote for her and elect her as their representative in the assembly, to enable her serve their interest and contribute to the development of the electoral area.
Ms Helen Baka, who intends to contest in the forthcoming district assembly elections in the Awate-Agame Electoral Area in the Kpando District of the Volta Region, has appealed to the electorate to vote for her, to enable her work hand-in-hand with them to develop the community.
She said through her initiative, the people had formed the ‘Milenorvisi’ (come together) Group, which has opened an account with the Agricultural Development Bank and rural banks in the community to make it possible for the group to access loans from the bank.
She said if given the nod, she would assist the group to access loans to invest in agriculture, which is the mainstay of the people, as well as other income-generating ventures to improve their living conditions.
She said she would also encourage the youth to be involved in the Youth in Agriculture Programme to engage them in viable economic ventures and keep them away from anti-social vices.
Ms Baka said she also intended to collaborate with telecommunication companies to improve the communication network in the area.
She indicated that the community lacked a clinic and streetlights, while schools in the area had to be rehabilitated and indicated her commitment to work in collaboration with relevant agencies to address these problems, if she is elected as an assemblywoman.
Ms Baka is also committed to improving sanitation in the community through the provision of public places of convenience and refuse containers, and indicated that she intended to organise regular clean-up exercises to keep the community clean.
She advised women to come together and take advantage of the various opportunities available to them to enhance their economic and political empowerment and get more women to take part in the decision-making process.
She advised parents and guardians to live up to their responsibilities and commit themselves to the proper upbringing of their children to enable them live productive and responsible adult lives.
THE matron of the Zion College of West Africa at Anloga , Miss Mabel Asamany has expressed her intention to contest the district assembly elections in the Kpando-Fesi electoral area in the Kpando District of the Volta Region.
According to the 44-year-old woman, her intention to contest the elections is in line with her determination to champion the interest of women and help them articulate problems confronting them.
She said she would liaise with non-governmental organisations to help people in her community access loans for small-scale projects and income generating projects.
Miss Asamany also said she would promote girl-child education and encourage women to pursue education to the highest level possible.
She said if given the nod, she would step up public education programmes to increase awareness among women to explore opportunities and avenues in the local government sector for their self advancement.
Ms Comfort Goni, a 44-year-old self employed and the incumbent assemblywoman for the Kpevi-Gonikope Electoral Area in the Akatsi District, has expressed her desire to contest the seat for a second term.
She said she had initiated a number of projects and was also in the process of initiating other projects to enhance development in the area, adding that, she needed continuity to enable her accomplish the on-going projects.
She mentioned a dam at Klokpe-Kporwuvi which had collapsed although it had been the main source of irrigation for all -year farming in the community over the years. She said she had lobbied the Akatsi District Assembly to rehabilitate the dam in order to boost farming activities in the area which was the mainstay of the people.
Ms Goni said she would also lobby for improvement in education, extension of electricity and the construction of a school block for Dzave in the electoral area. She said she would also help to revive unit committees to consolidate the decentralisation process.
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