Issifu Mahmouh, a retired Police Officer who doubles as a private legal practitioner has stated his interest in leading the NDC to elections 2024. Lawyer Mahmoud also hopes to change Binduri’s voting pattern.
The Binduri Constituency is known for making frequent changes to their representatives in Parliament. Most Members of Parliament from the area have been known not to serve a second term. The situation is true for both major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC).
This cycle is what Lawyer Mahmoud hopes to break. He believes that being dedicated to a course, bringing relief to the people of the area and being available are some of the major qualities he brings to bear.
Lawyer Mahmoud shared these strong convictions when he spoke to Mark Smith on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show.
“For instance, if I am made MP for Binduri now, in the next 4 years, I would still be below 50 years and so I would be compelled to deliver even if it means sacrificing my personal wealth, interest, salary to do things, I have to do it because I would be held accountable. When I get the nod, I would do what is necessary for the people of Binduri to accept and retain me and end that system in Binduri where an MP hardly goes for a second term.”
According to Lawyer Mahmoud, there has been a general show of interest by young people in heading to Parliament to represent their people across the country because of the party’s attractive nature. Additionally, young people, he said, have come to realise that they need to take their own destiny into their own hands and begin to change the narrative.
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
