Story: Abdul Aziz
The former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Nii Ayikoi Otoo has won the Krowor Constituency primaries of New Patriotic Party by clinging 29 votes.
The sitting Member of Parliament, Mr Abraham Laryea came second with 20 votes while Mrs Patience Nii Okpe had 18 votes.
The fourth contestant, Mr Adjei Boye snatched 10 votes of the delegates while Slyvanus Botwe failed to secure any vote.
The Krowor constituency primary was conducted by the Electoral Commission. Mrs Vivian Gashon, second vice chairman of Greater Accra Region of NPP, led the regional executive to observe the polls.
Mr Otoo commended members of the party in the constituency for exhibiting a great sense of unity during and after the primaries.
He said when elected he would make it his priority to have a community rural bank to serve the peasant farmers working on the Nungua portions of the Accra Plains.
He said women who made majority of the small-scale farms and fishing ventures would be the target of the credit facilities to be allocated to the area.
He appealed to the youth to exercise patience and maintain the prevailing peace in the area to ensure sustainable development that had alluded the area because of land disputes.
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