Issifu Mahmoud, the Chief Inspector, has expressed interest in leading the National Democratic Congress to victory in the Binduri Constituency polls in 2024. It is time for a young, dynamic professional like Mr. Mahmoud to lead the constituencies and utilise existing networks to pursue rapid human and physical development in the area, the lawyer said to Mark Smith on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show.
Mr. Mahmoud retired from the Ghana Police Service in January 2023, to pursue his political ambition. At the time of retirement, he had attained the rank of Chief Inspector and was the lead prosecutor for the Service in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital.
Hindered by the ethics of his previous profession, Mr. Mamhoud explained that it had become necessary to retire, pursue politics and bring relief to the people of Binduri.
With his more than two decades of experience with the Ghana Police Service, Mr. Mahmoud aims to address a variety of issues, one of which is how to deal with the local insecurity problem.
“Over 90 percent of the people are into farming and we rear a lot of animals. I am into rearing [of animals]. It is through animal rearing that you’re able to sell the animals and raise, for instance, an amount of Ghc10,000 in your pocket. Imagine that you wake up one morning only to realise that thieves have come to take your bulls or whatever animals away. If you are not even careful, you would die out of shock. The motorbikes are also their [the people of Binduri] means of transport or one of their biggest assets. These days, it [thievery] is very rampant. They steal motorbikes, they steal the cattle and whatever else comes to mind. There is a need to ensure that there is efficient security in the constituency to at least, if not completely eradicate this thing, bring it down to the barest minimum. So that the farmers will be able to put something in their pockets.
Additionally, the MP hopeful, is convinced that given the nod, he would be able to adequately deal with the issues around fertiliser inadequacies in his area.
“You would also realise that during the planting season, every farmer needs fertiliser and yet it has been a challenge. They hardly get fertilisers when the time is due. What I will do, when given the nod, is to ensure that I would engage the producers or businessmen who are into fertilisers to ensure that when the time comes, fertilisers would be made readily available and accessible to the farmers,” he said.
Meanwhile, activities that characterise the election of parliamentary candidates for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been put on hold in two constituencies in the Upper East Region. They are the Pusiga and Binduri constituencies.
According to the NDC, there are a few issues that need to be ironed out within the constituencies.
Jonathan Abdallah Salifu, the Upper East Regional Communications Director for the NDC, said this when he spoke to Mark Smith on the Day Break Upper East Show.
“As we all know, the General Secretary made this point clear the last time, with regard to how it is going to be done. With regard to the number of constituencies, you know we are dealing with 275 but in the Upper East Region for instance, out of the 15 constituencies, 2 of them have been put on hold to make way for certain things to be done further before we can go ahead to conduct elections in those constituencies,” he said.
The NDC does not hold the MP seat in Binduri but holds the seat in Pusiga but according to Mr. Abdallah Salifu, “in the Pusiga area, we are looking at resolving certain internal issues there before we allow them to pick [forms].”
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
