Akan NPP parliamentary candidate aspirant announces plans
Alhaji Tanko Yabuku, New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate aspirant for the Akan Constituency in Oti Region says employment of the youth is his topmost priority when elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Akan.
He said jobs for the youth were possible because of the abundant natural resources that could be tapped for employment creation.
Alhaji Yabuku said since the district was an agrarian one, the youth, who were already into farming, would be assisted with inputs to expand their activities.
He said the delay in payment for cocoa beans purchased would be reduced and smuggling eliminated by prompt payment schemes.
Alhaji Tanko, who is a Business Development Consultant, said he would lobby both local and foreign entrepreneurs to invest in farming, manufacturingto create jobs in the constituency.
On the use of the MPs share of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund (DACF), the aspirant said he would use the DACF to assist the youth in education to improve the human resources of the district.
Alhaji Tanko, who filed his nomination forms at the Akan NPP Constituency Office in Kadjebi last Friday, appealed to the delegates to vote for him, to become the party’s parliament candidate.
He is in the contest with Mr Rashid Bawa, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, and Mr Tassah Safiwu, a farm manager. —GNA
