Okudzeto-Ablakwa Thanks Constituents For FourthTerm Mandate; Promises To Revive Defunct Juapong Textiles 

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Constituencyof  the Volta Region, Honourable Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, popularly known as Torgbui Worgbedzi, has sent a congratulatory message to the people in his constituency for giving him a fourth term mandate to represent them in Parliament.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank Almighty God and all the people and chiefs, queen-mothers, shrine leaders, religious office holders and the students of the area who had supported me and the NDC to secure this resounding victory in the 2024 general elections," the MP- elect noted.

Addressing hundreds of NDC supporters who thronged the streets of the Mepe, Battor and Aveyime on Sunday December 8,2024 afternoon to jubilate Honourable Okudzeto Ablakwa stated that he  has fulfilled his electoral campaign promised to  give NDC the widest victory votes margin in the December Saturday 7,2024 general elections.

He indicated that he has played an instrumental role in the just ended December Saturday 7,2024 general elections to ensure that the North Tongu Constituency was able to secure a 93 percent votes margin for the party in and that this votes margin secured by the constituency for the NDC was unprecedented.

"I would like thank the good people of North Tongu especially the Chiefs and elders across the constituency, for voting massively to endorse  H.E. John Dramani Mahama of 92.83% votes and Honourable Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa of 93.12% Votes," he stated. 

Addressing hundreds of NDC supporters who thronged the streets of the Mepe, Battor and Aveyime yesterday afternoon to jubilate, even before the Electoral Commission officially declares John Dramani Mahama as the president-elect Honourable Okudzeto Ablakwa said the constituency has record the widest margin across the country, with securing 93% in total votes for the NDC, representing an increase of 4% from 2020’s result.

"I would like take this opportunity to thank Almighty God and all the people and chiefs, queen-mothers, shrine leaders, religious office holders and the students of the area who had supported me and the NDC to secure this resounding victory in the 2024 general elections.

"Today, in the North Tongu Constituency, we have set unprecedented record. Our votes margin of this resounding victory is over 93 per cent that we had secured. It has never happened before. We have realised that in 2016 general elections, when the NDC won the general elections, we have not able to record huge margin for the Presidential votes in the North Tongu and that we aren't happy and  haven't celebrated. 

"In the 2020 general elections, although we won the parliamentary seat in the North Tongu former President John Dramani Mahama has not won the election because the NPP has stolen the NDC," he told the suppoters of the NDC who thronged the principal streets of Mepe and Battor to jubilate.

The stolen of the verdict by the NPP, according to the MP,  has prevented the supporters and members to feel happy," Honourable told jubilant suppoters of the NDC at Battor-Aveyime.

"But in this year, December Saturday 7,2024 general elections, the almighty God has made it that we have won the Presidential election as well as won the majority of parliamentary seats across the country. So this year, we are going to celebrate the resounding victory and that we are going to do a party and also do celebration so that the whole country will hear what we have done to celebrate the victory of the NDC in the 2024 polls," the MP announced.

"I would like to thank my respectful wife Lawyer Mrs Nuhela Seidu Ablakwa for giving me unflinching support to emerge victorious. My wife, Mrs Nuhela Seidu Ablakwa  has worked hard to  improve my campaign. I want to thank my campaign manager and chief advisor, Chairman Charles Doe. 

"I would like to thank all the North Tongu Constituency executives, branch executives, ward coordinators, volunteers, sympathisers, all the chiefs and people in North Tongu Constituency for voting massively for me to retain the seat for the NDC. I thank the Electoral Commission officers in the North Tongu for exhibiting their professionalism to ensure that the polls went on smoothly and successfully devoid of any hindrance or disturbance.

"The EC officers had worked with the integrity. In this regard l would like thank Director of Electoral Commission in the North Tongu District and his team for their good works which has made the process a great success," the MP noted.

On the job creation drive, the MP reaffirmed of his readiness to push for reviving of the defunct Quality Grain Company, now Prarie Volta Limited, popularly called the Aveyime Rice Factory to create the employment for the young people in the area.

"l am going to talk to President John Dramani Mahama to ensure that we would bring back Aveyime Rice Factory farm whivh has currently been left dorman so that we make ensure that jobs come to the constituency for the people to do to make end living," the MP stresed.

He assured to lobby the investors or government to open additional factories in the area to ensure that everyone get jobs doing in the constituency. We are going to bring this initiative to the area. 

He said he would make that he would lobby for the women in the six traditional areas within the North Tongu Constituency to get acess to the funds to improve their petty trading activities.

The MP shared his resolve and strategies for the revival of the once mighty and famous Juapong Textiles. 

Currently, according to the MP, the Juapong Textiles has collapsed under the immediate past NPP government, and "God so grateful that the NDC has won the poll, saying that "l am going to talk to President John Dramani Mahama to quickly revive the factory to life."

Honourable Okudzeto-Ablakwa reaffirmed his readiness to ensure that the next NDC government will revamp Juapong Textiles to create more jobs for unemployed people in the region.

"It is not good at all for the Juapong Textiles company to collapse, so we have many works ahead of us. My scholarship opportunities and programme for the Vocational artisans would be implemented fully in the area," the MP reassured.

On the deplorable nature of the road networks within the constituency, Honourable noted that the bad road networks have been his topmost priority and assured the people of his commitment to lobby for the current NDC government to fix the deplorable nature of the major roads within the constituency.

"I am going to make that the Sege-Battor-Aveyime-Mepe bad road would be fixed to ensure free movement of the people and vehicles on the road.

"I am going to brief the new President-Elect of Ghana, Former President John Dramani Mahama in his first week in office at the Flagstaff House on the deplorable nature of our major roads from Sege-Battor-Aveyime-Mepe road including Juapong Podoe road, Volivo Bridge and the road linking Asikuma junction - Asutuare junction and that President John Dramani Mahama will take proactive  meaaures to fix or reconstruct these roads in my constituency.

He remained and reassured the constituents of the NDC plan in its manifesto to build a ultra-modern public university in the North Tongu District.

He noted that the Women Development Funds promised in the Ghana Resetting Manifesto would be implemented.

"You can recalled that during our campaign tour of the constituency, l have told the polling station executives that after we had voted, we are going to check the results in every polling stations and conduct analyses on the votes recorded after the voting day, and that the very polling stations  which performed well by getting more votes, l  would identify that polling station and l would award polling station  special prize for its good works.

He said after the analyses, they had realised that the polling station in Klamadeboe got first and that they have secured over 98 per cent votes turned out. 

"They had voted massively for me to secure over 98 percent votes with the zero rejected ballot in the just ended December Saturday 7,2024 general election.

Since l am not a promiser but doer l would going to the area to give the special prize to the leadership of that polling station," Honourable Okudzeto-Ablakwa stressed.