Ms Dedo Dufie Kusi Agyarko, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Lower Manya, in the Eastern Region, has assured that she would take the seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the first time.
“I want to assure my party supporters and sympathizers that come 2012 I will wrest the parliamentary seat from the NDC and end their 20 year kingship in the area” she maintained
Ms Dedo also assured that she was prepared to set a new political record by being the first person to win a seat for her party in any of the seven Dangme speaking constituencies.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Odumase Krobo on Wednesday, Ms Dedo said she would leave no stone unturned to ensure that she represents the people of Lower Manya in the next parliament.
Ms Dedo contested the 2004 election for the NPP for the first time and lost to the incumbent Member of Parliament, Mr Michael Teye Nyaunu, who is serving his fourth term as MP for the area.
In the said election Ms Dedo polled over 16,000, votes, as compared to the 9,000 votes obtained by the NPP in the 20088 elections against the incumbent MP who received 18,000.
Ms Dedo said her failure to win the seat in 2004 was as a result of wide propaganda from the NDC that she was not a true Krobo, which went down with some of the people, but explained that, this time round, the perception of the people had changed and things could work out better for her.
She said her decision to run again was as a result of appeals from the people of Lower Manya that the incumbent MP, Mr Nyaunu, after nearly 16 years, as a representative of the area, had failed to leave up to the expectations of the people and needed a more competent person to lead them.
Ms Dedo said she was committed to the area and that if given the opportunity to serve, she would ensure the development of the area and appealed to the people to support her achieve that aim.
Ms Dedo said the NDC had occupied the seat since the country returned to constitutional rule in 1992, but has failed the people and “this time round, the people would not give them the opportunity anymore”.
She urged the people of lower Manya Krobo “not to allow the NDC to take advantage of them and deceive them anymore”.
Ms Dedo said it was during the time of the NPP administration that Odumase town roads were reconstructed and tarred as well as other development projects throughout the constituency.