Atiwa East MP To Run For 4th Term

The Member of Parliament for the Atiwa East constituency, Abena Osei-Asare has submitted his nomination forms to the Electoral Commission to contest the seat again.

The MP who doubles as the minister of state at the finance ministry was joined by enthusiastic party supporters and well-wishers to file her forms at the district EC office on Monday.

Notable personalities, the constituency chairman Albert Nuamah, and her husband, Kweku Osei-Asare Esq, accompanied her to the EC office.

After successfully filing her nomination, she urged the electorates, in a short address, to vote massively for Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia as president, and retain her as their MP.

“Today, I have been able to file my documents, as I was doing it here our party flagbearer, Dr. Bawumia was also filing the same in Accra. I’m convinced you will vote to retain me as your MP because of the many developments I have brought to this area. When you vote for me on December 7, I urge you to vote for the party’s flagbearer, Dr. Bawumia so we can work together to bring more development to Atiwa East”. She stated

Abena Osei-Asare, a Chartered Accountant, was elected again as the NPP parliamentary candidate for Atiwa East on January 27. She secured a landslide victory by polling 288 votes to beat her main contender, Eric Ofori Agyarko who secured 67 votes.

Frank Baning and Ernest Adade Wiredu polled 11 and 44 votes respectively.

In 2000, she became a member of the New Patriotic Party and contested for the Member of Parliament of the then newly created constituency Atiwa East during the 2012 parliamentary elections.

She will be running for her fourth term as a Member of Parliament for the area if elected on December, 7.