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Mark Woyongo announces retirement from politics, says he was pressured to contest this year

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Mark Woyongo
Mark Woyongo

A former Interior Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Navrongo Central Mark Owen Woyongo, has announced his retirement from politics and disclosed that he will not be contesting any political position again.

He revealed that he was in the first instance not interested in contesting the Navrongo Central seat on the ticket of the party in 2016, but was pressured by the party to do so while they groomed someone to succeed him.

“I did not want to contest the seat again in the first place this year but there was pressure on me from the party. That is how come I contested but as fate will have it, I lost”, he said.

According to the outgoing legislator on the Ultimate Breakfast Show hosted by Lantam Papanko, he is leaving the scene proud of his achievements which will better the lives of the residents of Navrongo Central after constructing 142 boreholes, roads and a number of schools.

“I feel proud about my achievements but it is not for me to rate myself but the people I represented who benefited from the various projects I embarked on”, he emphasized.

On the future, he said he will go back to manage his Tamale-based radio station [Diamond Fm].

 

Source:Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM

 

This is why Mark Woyongo lost his seat in Navrongo

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Mark Woyongo
Mark Woyongo

Defeated lawmaker for Navrongo Central in the Upper East Region, Mark Owen Woyongo says it not strange losing the seat though he least expected to have been defeated in that manner.

According to him, there is no strange feeling losing the seat since this is not the first time he has contested an election on the ticket of the party and lost in the same constituency.

He states that the defeat was not expected considering what he had done in the area under his tenure blaming it on the delays in the release of feeding grants to second cycle institutions leading to intermittent closure of schools.

“My area is full of educational institutions and this is one of the reasons that caused my defeat. During my campaigns, everywhere I went the people complained about it and nothing was being done to improve the situation”, he disclosed on the Ultimate Breakfast Show hosted by Lantam Papanko.

The Former interior minister also stated that the introduction of certain policies by government including the scrapping of teacher and nursing allowances worked against his candidature coupled with the astronomical increase in electricity and water tariffs.

“As I said earlier, there were a combination factors including the lack of jobs for the teeming youth, the failure and complacency of some party executives to work because they felt we had done much and there was no need to stress themselves and government policies affected my fortunes”, he added.

 

Source:Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM

 

I am grateful for the opportunity to lead NPP-Rex Asanga

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Rex Asanga - NPP Parliamentary Candidate, Bolgatanga Central
Rex Asanga - NPP Parliamentary Candidate, Bolgatanga Central

New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate for Bolgatanga Central, Rex Asanga has conceded defeat.

Mr. Asanga in a statement congratulated Isaac Adongo, member of parliament-elect in the just ended elections for his victory while wishing him well in his tenure as MP for Bolgatanga Central constituency.

He expressed his gratitude to executives and members of the elephant party for the mandate given him to contest the parliamentary election.

The statement further thanked his friends, church members and family members for their prayers and support offered him during the electioneering period.

Attached is the full statement:

The parliamentary results for the Bolgatanga central constituency are out and I want to once more congratulate my good friend, Hon. Isaac Adongo for having won the elections fairly. The people of Bolgatanga have spoken and we in the N.P.P. respect their verdict. I wish him the very best during his tenure, as the member of parliament.

I want to cease this opportunity to thank the almighty God for his irrevocable show of Love, guidance and protection.

I as well wish to express my heartfelt appreciation to My party, the great NPP and all our Regional and constituency executives for having given me the opportunity to run as parliamentary candidate. It was both humbling and a great honor done me. I wish to thank all our party faithfuls for their unbelievable sacrifices of time and effort. We might not have won the seat we sought for, but thanks to our efforts, the elephant family in the constituency this time round is much stronger and more formidable.

I again wish to express my profound gratitude to my Church, friends and well wishers for their prayers and support in kind. God richly bless you.
My last thanks goes to my family and most especially my wife and children for their unflinching dedication and pieces of advice throughout this race. May God sustain us all to see greater days in the not too distant future.

The Battle Continues to be that of the Lord’s

Hon. Asanga Rex ( NPP Parliamentary candidate, Bolga central)

 

By: Joshua Asaah|A1RADIOONLINE.COM/GHANA

 

Woyongo Shown the Exit As Navrongo Votes Massively for Kofi Adda

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Mark Woyongo
Mark Woyongo

Former Minister for the Interior, Hon. Mark Owen Woyongo, has been shown the exit from Parliament by New Patriotic Party’s Kofi Adda in the Parliamentary race in Navrongo Central.

Hon. Mark Woyongo was given the nod to represent the people of Navrongo in 2012 after beating Kofi Adda with a little over two thousand votes.

Hon. Kofi Adda reclaimed the seat by polling 20,667 as against Mark Owen Woyongo’s 17,203. Other contestants in the race were PPP’s Kubirizigah Susana Agori and PNC’s Pwoawuvi Joseph Weguri who polled 1,084 and 246 respectively.

Hon. Adda reclaims a seat he occupied for over eight years after taking over from John Setuni Achuliwor.

 

By: Offei-Akoto Ayeh/A1RADIOONLINE.COM/GHANA

 

Fuseini Adongo Retires Cletus Avoka

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Cletus Avoka
Cletus Avoka

Former Majority leader and Member of Parliament for Bawku West Constituency, Hon. Cletus Avoka has lost his seat to New Patriotic Party’s Frank Fuseini Adongo.

Cletus Avoka who is one of the longest serving Members of Parliament was defeated by the NPP with 22,361 votes while he polled 22,121 in this year’s election.

The other candidates who contested in the election are Apambilla Joel Kasim, Elijah Anaa-zut-zagisi and Anafo Benjamin who represented the PPP, NDP and CPP respectively.

The sixty five years old Avoka has been in parliament for over a decade and has occupied several top positions in government including Minister for the Interior in the Mills’ administration and Minister for Lands and Forestry under the J.J. Rawlings administration.

In all the total valid votes were 45,362 with 867 rejected ballot papers and 46,229 total valid votes cast.

 

By: Offei-Akoto Ayeh/A1RADIOONLINE.COM/GHANA

 

Clement Apaak  Ends Azong’s Eight Years Reign In Parliament

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Clement Apaak
Clement Apaak

National Democratic Congress’ Clement Apaak has emerged winner of the Parliamentary race in the Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region.

Dr. Apaak polled 7666 as against 2814 polled by the NPP’s Gariba Daniel Kwame and the incumbent Azong Alhassan who polled 4462.

The Presidential staffer ends the reign of PNC’s Azong Alhassan who has occupied the seat since 2008 when he took over from Abolimbisa Roger Akantagriwen of the National Democratic Congress.

Total valid votes cast in the election was 14,942 with 450 votes been reject votes whiles 15392 were the total votes in the election.

 

By: Offei-Akoto Ayeh/A1RADIOONLINE.COM/GHANA

 

Boniface Gambilla Booted Out; Mark Nawane Represents Nabdam in Next Parliament

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Dr. Mark Kurt Naawane
Dr. Mark Kurt Naawane

Parliamentary Candidate for the National Democratic Congress, Dr. Mark Kurt Nawane has been declared the winner of the Nabdam constituency in the ongoing election.

The Nabdam seat which had been the sole preserve of the National Democratic Congress was snatched from them in 2012 after the then Member of Parliament, Moses Asaga lost to Boniface Gambilla.

However, the party led by Dr. Mark Kurt Nawane has reclaimed the seat for the National Democratic Congress by polling 9,373 as against the New Patriotic Party’s Boniface Gambilla who polled 6,328.

Total votes cast in the Nabdam constituency for the Parliamentary race was 15,610 with 308 been rejected ballots.

 

By: Offei-Akoto Ayeh/A1RADIOONLINE.COM/GHANA

 

Bolga East: Dominic Ayine Retained With Convincing Win

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Bolga East Member of Parliament Dominic Ayine
Bolga East Member of Parliament Dominic Ayine

Dr. Dominic Ayine has been maintained as the Member of Parliament in the Bolgatanga East Constituency in the Upper East Region after beating off stiff opposition from the NPP and PPP in that constituency.

His victory comes after he polled 10,368 as against 4,175 and 132 polled by the NPP’s Dr Emmanuel Abugri Aboole  and the PPP’s Mr Baba Starling Ayinenongma respectively. Hence increasing his votes from 2012 election where he polled a little over eight thousand votes.

On the day, number of valid votes cast was 14,676 with 164 of the ballot rejected whiles 19,982 people registered in the constituency to cast their ballot.

The Bolgatanga East constituency was carved out of the Bolgatanga Central constituency in 2012 and Dr. Dominic Ayine  has since been the Member of Parliament for the constituency.

Rex Asanga Votes, Calls for Peaceful Excercise

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VOTING EXERCISE
VOTING EXERCISE

New Patriotic Party Parliamentary candidate for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Hon. Rex Asanga, has asked electorates to vote peacefully and avoid all acts that will put the peace of the country into jeopardy.

According to him, there is no need for fighting over elections because it is a process to express one’s opinion to select leaders and not about war.

“We don’t have to fight because of the election. I mean we do not have to go to war over the elections. Let us go through this process and come out peacefully.”

He underscored the need for electorates to make the various institutions charged with handling electoral matters do their work and not take matters into their hand and cause problems.

“I ask that everybody has to go through the process in a peaceful manner. Let everybody do his work in the way that is required. The police, electoral officials and polling agents should do their work as expected.”

Hon. Asanga cast his ballot some hours ago at Kulbia in Sumbrungu. In all, Bolgatanga Central constituency has 119 polling stations and 68011 registered voters with 27 electoral Areas.

 

By: Offei-Akoto Ayeh/A1RADIOONLINE.COM/GHANA

 

BOLGA: DKM Customers Abandon Polling Stations to Chase after their Monies

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DKM CUSTOMERS CHECKING THEIR NAMES
DKM CUSTOMERS CHECKING THEIR NAMES

Customers of defunct DKM Diamond Microfinance have left their various polling stations to check their names at the offices of the Microfinance, A1 Radio’s Kwabena Bruce reports.

According to him, the official liquidated released names of investors yesterday and has warned that failure of customers to check their names and prompt them on mistakes meant that they will be losing their locked up investment.

kwabena Bruce reports that some customers he spoke to said they will rather chase their monies that join long queues to vote for people they don’t stand to get anything from.

On the other hand, some customers according to Kwabena Bruce said they had already joined the queue to vote but left to chase their money and will go back to vote after they had found their names.

Turnout at most of the polling stations including ZamsTech have been encouraging and it is expected that electorates will turn-up in their numbers to vote.

 

By: Offei-Akoto Ayeh/A1RADIOONLINE.COM/GHANA

 

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