Parliamentary Candidates (PCs) of the two major political parties in the Berekum West Constituency have commended the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for helping to shape the political discourse in the electioneering.
They are Dr Kwaku Agyenim-Boateng, the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) and Mr Dickson Kyere Duah, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The PCs gave the commendation when they took turns to highlight their visions and aspirations at a parliamentary dialogue organised by the Berekum West District of the NCCE held at Jinijini, the constituency capital.
Attended by traditional authorities, religious organisations and political activists, the dialogue sought further to increase the commitment of the PCs in undertaking issue-based campaigns and also to create awareness about the need for political tolerance for sustained peace, before, during and after the General Election.
The PCs described the dialogue as laudable that would make the electorates there to make informed decisions on December 7.
Outlining some of his vision for the constituency, Dr Agyenim-Boateng, the incumbent MP assured the electorates that he would do more to improve physical infrastructure development and called on the voters to retain him.
He also pledged to re-shape the deplorable conditions of roads, especially those linking deprived communities to make it easy for farmers to cart and transport their foodstuff from the farm gate to marketing centers.
On his part, Mr Duah, the NDC PC noted that the constituency lagged behind in development, and called on the electorates to vote for him, promising to provide scholarships for students, and agriculture inputs for the local farmers.
Earlier in a welcoming address, Madam Adiza Gyenyenaa, the Berekum West District Director of the NCCE also commended the PCs for attending the dialogue and urged the electorates to vote on merit by analysing the visions of the PCs.
She cautioned the PCs against voting buying which was detrimental to the nation’s growing democracy and asked the electorates to go out all in their numbers and exercise their franchise on December 7.
Mad Gyengyenaa also cautioned the electorates against voting on tribal, ethnic, and religious lines, urging them to consider the competencies of the PCs.
