Mr. Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, a former Deputy Attorney General has ridden a bicycle to submit his nomination forms to contest in the New Patriotic Party primaries in the Tempane constituency in the Upper East Region. Flanked and cheered by his supporters, the Legal Practitioner, rode the bicycle for about seven…
Madam Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba, Member of Parliament (MP)-elect for Tempane Constituency in Upper East Region, has assured her constituents she would work hard to justify the confidence reposed in her during the 2020 election.
She resolved to ensure the completion of all abandoned projects to boost economic development and create an enabling environment for job creation to improve livelihoods.
She beat Mr Joseph Dindiok Kpemka of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and incumbent MP by 4,477 votes.
Madam Akanvariba is the widow of late David Adakurugu, first MP for Tempane Constituency since its separation from Garu in 2012.
She secured 20,939 valid votes out of 37,400 valid votes cast, representing 55.99 per cent while Mr Kpemka, who is also the Deputy Attorney-General, had 16,462 valid votes, representing 44.01 per cent.
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Upper East elects two women for Parliament 11th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
Two Constituencies in the Upper East Region have elected ladies to represent them in Parliament in the just ended Presidential and Parliamentary elections on December 7.
The two, Madam Lamisi Akanvariba and Madam Laadi Ayii Ayamba won the Tempane and Pusiga Constituencies respectively on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Madam Akanvariba, who is the widow of the late Mr David Adakurugu, the first Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tempane Constituency since its separation from the then Garu-Tempane District in 2012.
The MP elect took up the mantle to contest the seat after she was overwhelmingly endorsed by NDC supporters in the primaries with Mr Alfred Azaabi, following the death of her husband who won the NDC s primaries in 2018 but passed on after a few months.
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