Tema, Sept 11, GNA — Mr Daniel Kwartei Titus-Glover, Member of Parliament for Tema East, on Wednesday kicked started his campaign for the 2020 elections with an apology to his constituents and call for unity among party members.
He began his quest for another term at the Tema Fishing Harbour fish market as a follow up to the outdooring of the constituency’s campaign team a week ago.
Mr Titus-Glover, apologizing to party members, debunked allegations and accusations of the constituents inability to reach him after voting him to become the MP.
“I am asking for forgiveness from anyone that I may have wronged remember that just like Former President Kufuor said, it is better to be a messenger in a party that is in power than to be a general secretary of an opposition party.”
He explained that it was not his intention to ignore any of his constituents, saying that he had a dual role of MP and a Deputy Minister of Transport and therefore needed to work hard to justify his election by the people of Tema East.
He said he used his share of the MP’s Common Fund to support education and other activities.
He added that he also constructed an office for the National Health Insurance Authority at the Manhean Clinic to make it easy for residents to acquire the health insurance card.
He asked the voters to retain him and President Akufo-Addo in power, saying that the fishing community must remember that the NPP has done a lot for the coastal areas than any other party.
“Everyone has gotten something from the NPP, we are giving you free water meaning everyday Nana Addo give you, your child and relatives one Ghana cedis each from the free water, so don’t say you have not benefitted from this government,” he said.
On the free SHS policy, he said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) wished that majority of Ghanaians did not have education so they could continue with their “lies and propaganda”.
“Today the children of the NDC people are even enjoying the free SHS more than us. When they said it was not possible. They did not choose the E-block schools they build for their children, they should have used that money to expand the good existing schools to admit more students,” he stressed.
Mr Kingsley Francis Ato Codjoe, Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, on his part, asked the fishing community to look upon the good works of the NPP in the coastal area to vote for massively for the NPP.
Mr Codjoe said the NPP was constructing 12 landing beaches for the fishing communities nationwide as well as two fishing harbours at Teshie and Elmina adding that “John Mahama brought you 2,000 outboard motors but Nana Addo brought 13,000 of the motors for distribution, we also make sure that 250 tanks of premix fuel are released to the landing beaches every week to prevent shortages”.
Other speakers included Madam Grace Acheampong, Greater Accra Regional Women’s Organizer for the NPP, and Nii Armah Quaye, National President, Ghana Inshore Fishermen Association.
The MP presented 300 pieces of metal washbasins as well as branded nose masks and hand sanitizers to the fishmonger.
GNA