Ursula Owusu (left) presenting her papers to Henry Addy
Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Monday March 14, 2011.
A firebrand of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ursula Owusu at the weekend presented her completed nomination forms to enable her to contest in the primaries in the Ablekuma South Constituency.
There was fanfare on Saturday at the Ablekuma South Constituency office of the NPP at Mamprobi, Accra when Ursula led a convoy to present her forms amid shouts of “All die be die” and brass band music.
Ursula Owusu, one of the first person to present her nomination forms, did not waste time at all after receiving the microphone and taunted Fritz Barfuor, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) and his ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying “they are just caretakers of the seat for us. We will take it back in 2012”.
“The one on the seat…what is his name? I do not even know his name…Do you know his name?” she asked the cheering crowd, kindly tell them we are coming for our seat.”
She was met on arrival by the constituency executives, led by Henry Addy, the Chairman of the NPP Elections Committee for the area who after going through the forms accepted it and advised her to play by the rules of the party.
“No aspirant should engage in acts of intimidation, violence and insults. Do not hold or present yourselves as candidates before the election on April 30, 2011,” he said.
For her part, Ursula said “this is the first step to victory. All we need now is unity, dedication and hard work to snatch the seat from the non-performing NDC”
She said the constituency is cosmopolitan and emphasized the need to reach out to every group to ensure victory for the NPP in 2012.
“NPP has vision and ideas to deliver and it was up to those holding responsible positions to sell the party’s plans to the electorate, all the residents are waiting on the NPP delegates to choose candidates who can deliver”.
“I offer myself for this position and I know the electorate would have confidence in me to wrestle the seat from the NDC. I have already had interactions with the constituents and they are all looking forward to seeing me as the NPP candidate and I promise not to let them down.”
She said the NPP when elected would encourage gender mainstreaming and make issues affecting women a priority and thanked all those who were contributing towards her campaign.
Turning the heat on the NDC, Ursula said “they cut the sod to construct the Dansoman main road in 2009 and two years down the lane the project is at a standstill. Businesses have collapsed as a result of the delay in the construction. We beg them; they should complete it for us.”
Gloria Akuffo, a former Minister of Aviation in the erstwhile NPP administration, who accompanied Ursula, described her as a ‘fighter’ and great ‘debater’ who is capable of handling issues her own way.
She said the greatest tribute for the late Theresa Amarley Tagoe who held the seat for many years was to vote for Ursula to continue from where Madam Tagoe left.
Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe, a former Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro and an NPP stalwart said, “if someone wants to lead the NPP in this constituency, then it should be a woman who is very strong and I see that in Ursula.”
“We want MPs who speak in Parliament and Ursula is capable of doing just that for the party and the development of the country.
He called for hard work, dedication and commitment to face the NDC, adding, “If they have nothing to hide why would ‘All die be die’ comment be a bother for them.”
An aspiring parliamentary candidate in the Oda Constituency, Mr. Quiatoo in a solidarity message said “we are not just looking for candidates. We are looking for people who can rally the electorate to get us the needed votes. Ursula has demonstrated enough that she is capable, qualified and eligible.”
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