NII ADJEI TAWIAH WINS NPP KORLEY/KLOTTEY PRIMARY (PAGE 15)

A 45-year-old businessman Nii Adjei Tawiah last Saturday won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary for the Korley/Klottey Constituency by 81 votes.
He defeated the incumbent, and the Chairman of the Finance Sub Committee of Parliament, Mr Nii Adu Mante, who polled 20 votes.
The primary which was keenly contested by four aspirants, attracted 115 delegates from electoral areas such as Adabraka, Asylum Down,Tudu Osu Alata and Osu Kenkanwe.
Mr Abankwah Yeboah, the third placed contestant, polled 11 votes, while Mr Akuffo Mensah placed fourth with no vote.
Mr Adu Mante, who conceded defeat in his speech, commended Mr Tawiah for putting up a good fight this time round to defeat him in the primary, so that he could ''step into my shoes''
He said he would use his experience to assist Mr Tawiah to win the ultimate, which is the parliamentary elections in December.
Mr Tawiah said he would continue to work closely with the executive and the rank and file of the party in the constituency to ensure unity and peace for a successful campaign.
He urged the delegates and supporters of the party to get together as well as pool resources at their disposal so that both presidential and parliamentary victories would be for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and him respectively.
He said what the party appreciated and prayed for at the moment was total peace, devoid of rancour, petty squabbles and underming within the party, so that the parliamentary seat of Korley/Klottey would remain NPP’s seat in the coming elections.
Mr Tawiah said what the delegates had done at the primary was not a win for him, but a win for the Korley/Klottey Constituency for comporting themselves peacefully during and after the election, and urged them to translate this conduct into the electioneering.
The primary which was held in peaceful atmosphere attracted the Regional Executive of the party, including Mrs Vivian Garshon, Regional Vice Chairperson, Alhaji Yusif Ahmed, Regional Youth Organiser and Albert Afaglo, Regional Secretary.
Mrs Garshon who symbolically handed over the mantle and the new parliamentary candidate of the party to constituency executives urged party executives to continue to exhibit the leaders qualities that had existed in the constituency which ensured speedy resolution of difference when they popped up in the party at the constituency level.
She urged all supporters to rally behind the elected candidates of the party and Nana Akufo Addo to ensure continuity in the development of the country.