The
Progressive Peoples’ Party (PPP) aspirant for the Nandom Constituency, Kabriku
Peter Claver, has urged the youth of Nandom to consider him among his other two
competitors for the seat and vote for him to represent them in parliament.
According to him, voting for him would send a clear
signal to the older generation that young people from the area were more capable
of holding key leadership positions and that it was now their turn to take
charge of the affairs of Nandom.
Speaking to Savannahnews in Tamale, Mr. Kabriku said despite the fact
that Nandom was endowed with a lot of learned people in various career fields,
the area still lagged behind in terms of economic development.
He blamed the previous and current legislators for
their failure to lobby their governments to initiate developmental projects to turn
around the hopes and aspirations of the people, hence the persistence and
deepening poverty levels among the populace.
“Nandom is not just fit for only NDC and NPP
politicians who have over the years reneged on their responsibilities towards
constituents. It is about time Nandom people also consider an alternative
choice like the PPP and vote for me and my presidential candidate Dr. Papa
Kwesi Nduom to bring real economic improvement to their communities”, he said.
He cited falling standards of education, poor road
networks, lack of support for constituents to venture into small scale business
and among others as the teething problems facing the area.
“Nandom is not connected to any district by a tarred
road. All the roads are unmotorable. I have also realized that most of the
schools have just two or three trained teachers while the rest are untrained. In
2015, the district performed poorly at the BECE exams. The situation has been
like this under NDC and NPP legislators”, he pointed out.
With his campaign motto: “Peace, Education and United Development”,
he promised to revive education, health and agriculture which were very
critical to the over 80 thousand people of Nandom.
“I’ll establish a scholarship fund to deal with the
challenges in the education sector. A lot of the young people completing basic
and senior high school and unable to continue due to monetary problems would be
supported through this fund. Support for teacher trainees who would be willing to
serve the district for at least 3 years coupled with the organization of
vacation classes for students is also a top priority for me.
“I believe that teachers and students need to be
motivated to give off their best…..and so I’ll motivate all best performing
teachers and students as a way of raising the quality of education higher like
it used to be many years ago”, Mr. Kabriku stressed.
He noted that Nandom still had a lot of potential for
agriculture and promised that crop farming boosted with irrigation schemes and
animal husbandry was one of the policies he would deliberately roll out with
his share of the MPs Common Fund to support constituents who were ready to
venture into such areas.
The 33-year old nurse tutor of the Tamale Nurses and
Midwifery Training College is currently competing with former legislator of
then Lawra-Nandom Constituency Mr. Ambrose Dery of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) and former Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service Dr. Richard
Kuuire of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The current legislator is Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor from
the NDC who has decided not to contest again after many years of representing
the people. Like Mr. Kabriku, Dr. Kuuire is also a new face in the political
arena and many are wondering which of the two would give Mr. Ambrose Dery, an
experienced politician, a run for his money.
Mr. Kabriku is an alumnus of Nandom Secondary School
and University of Cape Coast (UCC). He is by far the youngest parliamentary
candidate among the two other contenders for the Nandom seat. He comes across
to many people including his constituents, former schoolmates and working colleagues
as a cool and calm personality who is also hardworking and result-oriented.
He had his basic education at Kogle Junior High School
before proceeding to Nandom Secondary School and Bolgatanga Nurses Training
College where he obtained a Diploma in Registered General Nursing in 2006. He
worked in Bawku and Saboba Districts as a staff nurse before pursuing a
Bachelors Degree in Health Science Education (first class) at UCC. Currently,
he is again pursuing a Masters Degree programme in Education in the same
university.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kabriku Peter Claver is current
National PRO of Nurse Educators Group, Ghana; former Chairman of the Audit
Committee for Health Science Education Students Association (HESESA) 2012/2013;
and former Voluntary Tutor at Tanoso Community Nursing Training School.
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