By Lydia Kukua Asamoah
Accra, Nov 28, GNA – Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, Minister of Health, has promised to establish various funds in the Ledzekuku Constituency to help cushion the people when voted as the Member of Parliament for the area.
They are the Traders fund with seed money of GH₵ two billion, a Welfare fund of another seed money of GH₵ two billion and a Tertiary education fund.
Also, another fund of GH₵ one billion, which is a donation from the first lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to the constituents would be set aside for party faithful in the constituency who needed some financial support.
Dr Okoe-Boye made the promise when the first lady, visited the constituency and met with market women, traders and artisans, among others, to thank them for their continuous support for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The first lady used the occasion to call on the constituents to vote for Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, the Flagbearer of the NPP and Dr Okoe-Boye, NPP parliamentary candidate, come December 7.
Explaining how the various funds would work, Dr Okoe-Boye said the education fund would be for only senior high school students from the constituency who would pass and gain admission into a tertiary institution or would want to go into vocational or technical training.
With the traders’ fund, he said market women who needed support to boost their trading activities irrespective of the political party they belonged to, would be supported by the fund once they were from the constituency.
The welfare fund, he said, would be for the welfare of people in the constituents who would need soft loans to turn things around in the shortest possible time.
On the GH₵ one billion fund set up solely for the party faithful, Dr Okoe-Boye said it was a support from the first lady to only party members who needed any form of financial support.
He said women, especially would benefit greatly if the NPP was elected into power again, explaining that they would benefit the most from the various social intervention policies that would be introduced by the government.
He said Teshie community would also have the first-ever food bank in the country where the elderly, single mothers and widows would be given food rations every 60 days as a way of supporting their livelihoods.
Mrs Akufo-Addo, on her part, commended the people of Ledzekuku for their faith in the party over the years.
She appealed to them to vote massively for Dr Bawumia and Dr Okoe-Boye so that together, they could bring more development to the constituency.
She said Dr Okoe-Boye was a “solid man” and knew his work, therefore, they should not disappoint him this time around.
“As fellow Gas, I want you to look at me and vote massively for Dr Okoe-Boye so that he can continue with the work he started as MP previously,” she added.
GNA